威廉·戈尔丁

《蒼蠅王》是威廉·高丁發表於1954年的寓言體小說。小說講述了一群被困在荒島上的兒童在完全沒有成人的引導下如何建立起一個脆弱的文明體系。最終由於人類內心的黑暗面導致這個文明體系無可避免地被野蠻與暴力所代替。主題是備受爭議的人性，個體權益與集體利益的衝突，是當代英文小說中的經典。威廉·高丁也為此獲得1983年諾貝爾文學獎。 …

The Spire is a 1964 novel by the English author William Golding. "A dark and powerful portrait of one man's will", it deals with the construction of the 404-foot high spire loosely based on Salisbury Cathedral; the vision of the fictional Dean Jocelin. In this novel, William Golding utilises stream of consciousness …

The Pyramid is a novel by the English author, William Golding. It describes the experiences of growing up in the 1920s in a small market town in England for the narrator, Oliver. It tells three separate stories from his childhood, resolving them many years later. All three stories end with Oliver seeing the other main …

The Paper Men is a 1984 novel by British writer William Golding. The protagonist in the novel is Wilfred Barclay, a curmudgeonly writer who has a drinking problem, a dead marriage, and the incurable itches of middle-aged lust. Barclay is irritated by a young professor, Rick Tucker, who is determined to write Barclay's …

Eight Neanderthals encounter another race of beings like themselves, yet strangely different. This new race, Homo sapiens, fascinating in their skills and sophistication, terrifying in their cruelty, sense of guilt, and incipient corruption, spell doom for the more gentle folk whose world they will inherit. Golding, …