Planet of the Apes
Author(s): Pierre Boulle
In a spaceship that can travel at the speed of light, Ulysse, a journalist, sets off from Earth for the nearest solar system. He finds there a planet which resembles his own, but on Soror humans behave like animals, and are hunted by a civilised race of primates. Captured and sent to a research facility, Ulysse must convince the apes of their mutual origins. But such revelations will have always been greeted by prejudice and fear...
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A chilling dystopian vision of the ultimate role reversal, a cult hit since the 1960s
Pierre Boulle was born in 1912 at Avignon. Boulle spent the Second World War fighting in Yunnan, Calcutta and Indo-Chine, where he was captured by the Japanese. After the war he lived in Malaya, the Cameroons and, finally, Paris, where he settled until his death in 1994.
General Fields
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- : Penguin Random House
- : Vintage Classics
- : 01 April 2011
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 July 2011
- : books
Special Fields
- : Pierre Boulle
- : Paperback
- : 711
- : English
- : 208