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The Chrysalids

The Chrysalids 1

by John Wyndham
Paperback
Publication Date: 18/08/2008
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Vibrant reissue of five of John Wyndham's most famous novels

David Strorm's father doesn't approve of Angus Morton's unusually large horses, calling them blasphemies against nature. Little does he realize that his own son, his niece Rosalind and their friends, have their own secret aberration which would label them as mutants. But as David and Rosalind grow older it becomes more difficult to conceal their differences from the village elders. Soon they face a choice- wait for eventual discovery or flee to the terrifying and mutable Badlands ...

The Chrysalids is a post-nuclear story of genetic mutation in a devastated world, which tells of the lengths the intolerant will go to to keep themselves pure.
ISBN:
9780141032979
9780141032979
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
18-08-2008
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
208
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x13mm
Weight:
0.15kg
John Wyndham

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Benyon Harris was born in 1903, the son of a barrister. He tried a number of careers including farming, law, commercial art and advertising, and started writing short stories, intended for sale, in 1925.

From 1930 to 1939 he wrote short stories of various kinds under different names, almost exclusively for American publications, while also writing detective novels.

During the war he was in the Civil Service and then the Army. In 1946 he went back to writing stories for publication in the USA and decided to try a modified form of science fiction, a form he called 'logical fantasy'. John Wyndham died in March 1969.

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How can one author, John Wyndham write so many perfect stories? The Chrysalids is very entertaining. It may have been written a long time ago but it's still very fresh and relevant.

This should appeal to all YA lovers as it highlights struggles people have when feeling (or in this case being) different to everyone else!

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