Verlag | Penguin UK |
Auflage | 2014 |
Seiten | 240 |
Format | 11 x 18,1 x 1,2 cm |
Gewicht | 140 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Penguin Essentials Vol.39 |
ISBN-10 | 0241970571 |
EAN | 9780241970577 |
Bestell-Nr | 24197057EA |
When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike.
Klappentext:
The most famous catastrophe novel of the twentieth century, John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time.
'When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere.'
When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth's population blind, Bill Masen - one of the lucky few to keep his sight - finds himself trapped in a London jammed with sightless mobs who prey on those who can still see. But another menace stalks blind and sighted alike. With nobody to stop them the Triffids - walking carnivorous plants with lethal stingers - rise up as humanity stumbles and falls . . .