Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
(Author)
Description
"Flowers For Algernon" made its first appearance as a short story which was rapidly and widely anthologized, and translated internationally. It received further acclaim as a moderated television drama, and as a motional picture production. Now, full bodied and richly-peopled, "Flowers For Algernon" is the daring novel of a starling human experiment! "A tale that is convincing, suspectful and touching..." -- "The New York Times."
"Fascinating, agonizing... Superb." -- "Birmingham News."
"This novel should be on your 'must read' list." -- "Palm Beach Post-Times."
"Strikingly original..." -- "Publishers' Weekly."
"Absorbing... Immensely original... Going to be read for a long time to come." -- "Library Journal."
Product Details
Price
$25.00
$23.25
Publisher
Mariner Books Classics
Publish Date
February 01, 2022
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.7 X 8.32 X 1.0 inches | 0.88 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780151001637
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About the Author
Daniel Keyes (1927 - 2014) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brooklyn College. He was the author of eight books, including the classic Flowers for Algernon, first published in 1966, which would go on to sell more than five million copies and inspire the Oscar-winning film Charly. He also worked as a merchant seaman, a fiction editor, a high school teacher, and as a university professor at Ohio University, where he was honored at Professor Emeritus in 2000. He won the Hugo and Nebula awards for his work and was chosen as an Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
Reviews
PRAISE FOR FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON
"A tale that is convincing, suspenseful and touching."--The New York Times
"An ingeniously touching story . . . Moving . . . Intensely real."--The Baltimore Sun
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