The world classic by Nobel Prize winner William Golding is finally available in a new translation. Golding's first and most successful novel describes the end of innocence and serves as a dark parable about the hidden barbarism of civilized societies. The classic raises questions about human nature and the pathology of society that are as relevant today as they were in 1954, when the novel was first published. An adventure story that transforms into a hellish inferno; simply and thrillingly told, now finally available in a modern translation by Peter Torberg. A plane crash over an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. No adults survive, leaving a group of English schoolboys to fend for themselves. Ralph, who is elected leader, wants to organize their coexistence, but his leadership is challenged by Jack. At first, the loss of civilization appears.