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Set in a near future (the novel was first published in 1961 and is set in the period 1970–73), this is Angus Wilson's most allegorical novel, about a doomed attempt to set up a reserve for wild animals. Simon Carter, secretary of the London Zoo, has accepted responsibility and power to the prejudice of his gifts as a naturalist. But power is more than just the complicated game played by the old men at the zoo in the satirical first half of this novel: it lies very near to violence, and in the second half real life inexorably turns to fantasy – the fantasy of war. This tense and at times brutal story offers the healing relationship between man and the natural world as a solution for the power dilemma.
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The Old Men at the Zoo, Angus Wilson
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- Année de publication
- 1979
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- Titre
- The Old Men at the Zoo
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Angus Wilson
- Éditeur
- Granada
- Publié
- 1979
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 344
- ISBN10
- 0586049029
- ISBN13
- 9780586049020
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Fantasy, Science-fiction, Littérature britannique, 20e siècle, Science-fiction fantasy
- Évaluation
- 3,35 sur 5
- Description
- Set in a near future (the novel was first published in 1961 and is set in the period 1970–73), this is Angus Wilson's most allegorical novel, about a doomed attempt to set up a reserve for wild animals. Simon Carter, secretary of the London Zoo, has accepted responsibility and power to the prejudice of his gifts as a naturalist. But power is more than just the complicated game played by the old men at the zoo in the satirical first half of this novel: it lies very near to violence, and in the second half real life inexorably turns to fantasy – the fantasy of war. This tense and at times brutal story offers the healing relationship between man and the natural world as a solution for the power dilemma.