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Title:
The Chrysalids
Genre:
Fantasy
Science Fiction
Thriller
Teen
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Binding:
Paperback
Narrative:
First Person
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
199
Number of Chapters:
17
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:58:18
Synopsis:
John Wyndham takes the reader into the anguished heart of a community where the chances of breeding true are less than fifty percent and where deviations are rooted out and destroyed as offences and abominations.
Or David, things are difficult. His father is strictly pious, even (and horrifically) when it comes to his own family. But David’s "difference” doesn’t show – at least outwardly. He is a telepath, can “think together, “ and is not alone. If David is caught, he will be ousted. Wyndham’s evocation of David’s ability to communicate at far distances with his friends left me, as a child, reeling with envy and desire; I remember sitting in the library, "sending out” thoughts in the hope that someone, somewhere, might catch them. The telepathy is a metaphor, a pointer towards freedom of thought and speech. The message is clear: if we think together, we become better.
It becomes apparent that David’s village is isolated in its customs and beliefs. His sailor uncle tells him of islands where women are not allowed to breed unless they have three breasts. Whose is the true pattern, and whose is the mutation? These questions underlie Wyndham’s crystalline, evocative writing, as thrilling as John Buchan’s as we follow David’s final gallop towards what we can only hope is freedom. Wyndham’s genius, though, is to show that even rescue is compromised.
Or David, things are difficult. His father is strictly pious, even (and horrifically) when it comes to his own family. But David’s "difference” doesn’t show – at least outwardly. He is a telepath, can “think together, “ and is not alone. If David is caught, he will be ousted. Wyndham’s evocation of David’s ability to communicate at far distances with his friends left me, as a child, reeling with envy and desire; I remember sitting in the library, "sending out” thoughts in the hope that someone, somewhere, might catch them. The telepathy is a metaphor, a pointer towards freedom of thought and speech. The message is clear: if we think together, we become better.
It becomes apparent that David’s village is isolated in its customs and beliefs. His sailor uncle tells him of islands where women are not allowed to breed unless they have three breasts. Whose is the true pattern, and whose is the mutation? These questions underlie Wyndham’s crystalline, evocative writing, as thrilling as John Buchan’s as we follow David’s final gallop towards what we can only hope is freedom. Wyndham’s genius, though, is to show that even rescue is compromised.
Author:
John Wyndham
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Publisher:
Penguin Group(CA)
Barcode:
9780141038469
Country:
United Kingdom
Place of Printing:
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England
Publication Date:
1958-03-01
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$10.93
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-05-12
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:58:18
