Darkness Visible (Golding)
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| Author | William Golding |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Russel Drysdale |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Faber |
| Released | 1979 |
| Released in English | 1979 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 265 |
| ISBN | 0 571 11646 9 |
For other uses, see Darkness Visible.
Darkness Visible is a 1979 novel by British author Sir William Golding, who won both the 1980 Booker Prize and 1983 Nobel Prize for literature.
The novel narrates a struggle between good and evil, using naivety, sexuality and spirituality throughout. It marked Golding's re-emergence as a novelist, eight years after the publication of his previous novel, The Scorpion God.
A dark and complex novel, it centres on Matty - introduced in chapter one as a naked child emerging horribly burned from a bomb explosion during the London Blitz in World War 2.
Golding's later novels did not achieve the fame and success of his earlier novels, including Lord of the Flies, and his personal favourite, The Inheritors.
