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Lord of the Flies: The Graphic Novel

Aimée de Jongh

Faber & Faber (12+) 9780571374250 (Hardback)

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This strong, impactful graphic retelling has a cinematic quality.  The story of a group of boys trying to survive on an island as civilisation erodes into savagery is repellent at points but in the best possible way because of the prowess and power of the illustration.  There are moments of great vulnerability, like when Piggy’s glasses are shown to be broken, and there’s palpable unease and menace in the depictions of the beast and the pilot. It carries readers on a real journey.

Themes:

  • Human nature 
  • Civilisation 
  • Rites of passage 
  • Fear 
  • Societal breakdown 
  • Death 
  • Democracy

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Aimée de Jongh

Aimée de Jongh is a renowned graphic novelist. Her debut, The Return of the Honey Buzzard, won the Prix Saint-Michel and was adapted into a live-action film, while her graphic novel Days of Sand was an international bestseller and nominated for two Eisner awards. She has been published in eleven languages to date.
www.aimeedejongh.com

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