War with the newts
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Author
Contributions
- Osers, Ewald, 1917- - Contributor
Publication
1990 - Catbird Press, Highland Park, N.J, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
60,250 words, Guess
Page Count
241 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2203566M
- ISBN-100945774109
- OCLC Control Number20631270
- OCLC Control Number45405485
- Library of Congress Control Number89025373
and 2 more
- LibraryThing11909
- Goodreads816440
Classifications
- DDC891.8/635
- LCCPG5038.C3 V33 1990
Description
Originally written in 1936, two years before Capek's death and three years before the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, War with the Newts is considered by many to be Capek's greatest book. Working in the "fantastic" satiric tradition of Wells, Orwell, and Vonnegut, Capek chronicles the discovery of a colony of highly intelligent giant salamanders off the coast of an Indonesian island. Capek sardonically details all the reactions of the civilized world - from horror to skepticism, from intellectual fascination to mercantile opportunism - and the ultimate destruction from which it (and the newts) might not escape.
Description
Originally written in 1936, two years before Capek's death and three years before the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, War with the Newts is considered by many to be Capek's greatest book. Working in the "fantastic" satiric tradition of Wells, Orwell, and Vonnegut, Capek chronicles the discovery of a colony of highly intelligent giant salamanders off the coast of an Indonesian island. Capek sardonically details all the reactions of the civilized world - from horror to skepticism, from intellectual fascination to mercantile opportunism - and the ultimate destruction from which it (and the newts) might not escape.
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