William Golding

Lord of the Flies

£55

Illustrated by Sam Weber

Introduced By Ian McEwan

One of the most influential novels of the 20th century, William Golding’s Lord of the Flies is presented as a unique Folio Society edition, illustrated by Sam Weber and introduced by Ian McEwan.

Lord of the Flies

£55
Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingBound in printed and blocked cloth
Plain slipcase
Dimensions9 inches x 5¾ inches
FontSet in Minion
Pages248 pages
AuthorWilliam Golding
Illustrated bySam Weber
IllustrationFrontispiece and 5 colour illustrations
Publication Date14/08/2009
Editor's Notes
 
Following a plane crash, a group of schoolboys is left marooned on a tropical island. Their initial attempts at co-operation soon founder and, as the veneer of civilisation wears away, their primitive instincts are unleashed, with horrifying consequences. Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding’s powerful and disturbing novel is given a startling new interpretation in this illustrated edition. Award-winning artist Sam Weber explores the themes of anarchy, camaraderie and the dark side of human nature in a series of six extraordinary illustrations, while his striking binding design depicts a pivotal scene in the book.

About the Illustrator

Sam Weber

Sam Weber was born in Alaska, and grew up in Deep River, Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Sam moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. His work for The Folio Society includes Lord of the Flies (2009) and Fahrenheit 451 (2011). His illustrations for Dune were painted in oil on board, with the black-and-white chapter headings in ink and charcoal on paper.

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About the Illustrator

Sam Weber

Sam Weber was born in Alaska, and grew up in Deep River, Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Sam moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. His work for The Folio Society includes Lord of the Flies (2009) and Fahrenheit 451 (2011). His illustrations for Dune were painted in oil on board, with the black-and-white chapter headings in ink and charcoal on paper.

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About the Illustrator

Sam Weber

Sam Weber was born in Alaska, and grew up in Deep River, Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Sam moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. His work for The Folio Society includes Lord of the Flies (2009) and Fahrenheit 451 (2011). His illustrations for Dune were painted in oil on board, with the black-and-white chapter headings in ink and charcoal on paper.

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About the Illustrator

Sam Weber

Sam Weber was born in Alaska, and grew up in Deep River, Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Sam moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. His work for The Folio Society includes Lord of the Flies (2009) and Fahrenheit 451 (2011). His illustrations for Dune were painted in oil on board, with the black-and-white chapter headings in ink and charcoal on paper.

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About the Illustrator

Sam Weber

Sam Weber was born in Alaska, and grew up in Deep River, Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Sam moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. His work for The Folio Society includes Lord of the Flies (2009) and Fahrenheit 451 (2011). His illustrations for Dune were painted in oil on board, with the black-and-white chapter headings in ink and charcoal on paper.

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About the Illustrator

Sam Weber

Sam Weber was born in Alaska, and grew up in Deep River, Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Sam moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. His work for The Folio Society includes Lord of the Flies (2009) and Fahrenheit 451 (2011). His illustrations for Dune were painted in oil on board, with the black-and-white chapter headings in ink and charcoal on paper.

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Born in Cornwall in 1911, William Golding attended Marlborough Grammar School and went on to study English Literature at Oxford University. He worked as a teacher but took a break from the classroom in 1940, when he joined the Royal Navy to fight in World War Two. When he returned to teaching he also focussed more on writing and, after 21 rejections, his first and best-known novel The Lord of the Flies was finally published in 1954. Golding was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 and in 1988 he was knighted. He died in Cornwall in 1993.

Ian McEwan is a critically acclaimed author whose works have been translated into over thirty languages. Educated at the University of Sussex and the University of East Anglia, his first published work, the collection of short stories First Love, Last Rites (1975), won the Somerset Maugham Award. As well as Atonement (2001), his novels include The Child in Time, which won the 1987 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award, Enduring Love (1997), Amsterdam, which won the 1998 Booker Prize, Saturday (2005), On Chesil Beach (2007), Sweet Tooth (2012) and The Children Act (2014). His most recent novel is Nutshell (2016).