内容简介：《蝇王》是英国作家、诺贝尔文学奖获得者威廉·戈尔丁的代表作，是一本重要的哲理小说，借小孩的天真来探讨人性的恶这一严肃主题。故事发生于想象中的第三次世界大战，一群六岁至十二岁的儿童在撤退途中因飞机失事被围困在一座荒岛上，起先尚能和睦相处，后来由于恶的本性膨胀起来，便互相残杀，发生悲剧性的结果。作者将抽象的哲理命题具体化，让读者通过阅读引人入胜的故事和激动人心的争斗场面来加以体悟，人物、场景、故事、意象等等都深具象征意味。Beautifully written, tragic and provocative.’E. M. Forster‘It was…the first book with hands – strong ones that reached out of the pages and seized me by the throat. It said to me, “this is not just entertainment; it’s life or death.”…To me, Lord of the Flies has always represented what novels are for, what makes them indispensable.’Stephen King