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Planet of the Apes
by Pierre Boulle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
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About This Item
With these words, Pierre Boulle hurtles the reader onto the Planet of the Apes. In this simian world, civilization is turned upside down: apes are men and men are apes; apes rule and men run wild; apes think, speak, produce, wear clothes, and men are speechless, naked, exhibited at fairs, used for biological research. On the planet of the apes, man, having reached to apotheosis of his genius, has become inert.
To this planet come a journalist and a scientist. The scientist is put into a zoo, the journalist into a laboratory. Only the journalist retains the spiritual strength and creative intelligence to try to save himself, to fight the appalling scourge, to remain a man.
Out of this situation, Pierre Boulle has woven a tale as harrowing, bizarre, and meaningful as any in the brilliant roster of this master storyteller. With his customary wit, irony, and disciplined intellect and style, the author of The Bridge Over the River Kwai tells a swiftly moving story dealing with man's conflicts, and takes the reader into a suspenseful and strangely fascinating orbit."
Translated by Xan Fielding. Original price of $4.50 printed on the front flap of the dust jacket. Near fine with very light wear, minor dust soiling to page edges, in jacket with tiny tears and little chips to spine ends, reverse repaired with a small piece of scotch tape at heel. Light rubbing to rear panel See photos. LR4/5E
Synopsis
Pierre Boulle was born in Avignon, France in 1912. He originally trained as an engineer, but in 1936 went to Malaysia as a rubber planter. In 1939 he was called up in the French forces in Indochina. When France fell during World War II, he fled to Singapore, where he joined the Free French Mission. After the Japanese invasion, he was sent via Rangoon and the Burma Road to Yunnan to establish contact with Kuomintang forces. He infiltrated Indochina as a guerilla where he was captured in 1943. He escaped in 1944, was picked up by a British plane, and served in the Special Forces in Calcutta for the rest of the war. His first novel published in the United States was The Bridge on the River Kwai . It was awarded the Prix Ste. Beuve in France, and led to the motion picture that received an amazing seven Academy Awards. He considered his subsequent books, of which Planet of the Apes is the most well-known, to be social fantasies.
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- Bookseller
- biblioboy
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 863805
- Title
- Planet of the Apes
- Author
- Pierre Boulle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Vanguard Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 246
- Size
- 8vo 8" - 9" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Dystopian Fiction, Fantasy
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure;
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