The Last Man

EAN : 9791041805525

SHELLEY MARY

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EAN : 9791041805525

Paru le : 4 mai 2023

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Détails

EAN13 : 9791041805525
Réf. éditeur : 292575
Date Parution : 4 mai 2023
Disponibilite : Disponible
Barème de remise : NS
Nombre de pages : 598
Format : H:210 mm L:148 mm E:32 mm
Poids : 762gr

Résumé

Résumé : The Last Man chronicles the last days of humanity in the 21st century as it is slowly obliterated by a global pandemic. Radical changes and events across Europe—the king abdicates, turning England into a Republic; war erupts between Greece and Turkey—weaken the fabric of society, allowing an unknown and deadly disease to quickly spread across the world. Political leaders are disorganized; spiritual figures offer little comfort; science yields no answers. Previously distinguished individuals abandon their people in their time of need out of cowardice, while others admirably rise up to the occasion. Yet, none of this matters at all when humanity comes to its end. Mary Shelley wrote this book during the darkest time of her life. Over the years, she had lost her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley; her close friend, Lord Byron; and her children. Writing the novel became an instrument to process her own hopelessness and isolation—various characters are impressions of her departed loved ones. Contemporary critics were not kind to The Last Man. While Frankenstein was lauded for its depiction of scientific presumption, humanity's impotence and subsequent extinction were deemed offensive. The book faded into near-obscurity and merely survived until its rediscovery in the 1960s. After two World Wars, several epidemics, and the threat of nuclear annihilation, humanity's end may not have seemed as absurd any more.
Biographie : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851) est l'épouse du célèbre poète romantique anglais Percy Bysshe Shelley. Elle n'a pas encore vingt ans quand, à la suite d'un pari avec son mari et Lord Byron, elle entreprend d'écrire Frankenstein ou le Prométhée moderne, qui paraît en 1818. Le succès est immédiat, le mythe est né.