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Pincher Martin
Pincher Martin
Author: William Golding
In Pincher Martin, William Golding makes the plight of a castaway sailor serve as an epitome of humanity on this planet. Martin is Prometheus, chained to a rock. With exact symbolism and terrifying precision we are shown every level of the consciousness of intelligent man, as he pits his wits against thirst, hunger, cold, insanity and death.
ISBN: 246550
Publication Date: 1960
Pages: 190
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Publisher: Penguin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Audio Cassette
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CougarRed avatar reviewed Pincher Martin on + 9 more book reviews
Pitted against this man is the sea, the blaze of day, the biting cold of night and the almost unimaginable isolation of one man alone facing ever-present, unpredictable death.
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I think it's better than hs "Lord of the Flies".


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