ウィリアム・ゴールディング

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 …

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 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 …

『蠅の王』は、1954年出版のウィリアム・ゴールディングの小説。題名の「蠅の王」とは、聖書に登場する悪魔であるベルゼブブを指しており、作品中では蠅が群がる豚の生首を「蠅の王」と形容している。また、生首が豚であるのは、七つの大罪のうちのベルゼブブが司る『暴食』を象徴する動物が、豚であるからと思われる。 …