{"product_id":"william-golding-s-darkness-visible-first-edition","title":"William Golding’s Darkness Visible — First Edition","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eGOLDING, William (1911–1993). \u003cem\u003eDarkness Visible.\u003c\/em\u003e London: Faber and Faber, 1979.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING\u003c\/strong\u003e, with “First published in 1979 by Faber and Faber Limited” on the copyright page and no later impression stated. In the original pictorial dust jacket, retaining the publisher’s £4.95 net price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished twenty-five years after \u003cem\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDarkness Visible\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Golding’s darkest and most elusive novels. It begins during the Blitz, when a badly burned child named Matty emerges from a burning building. Whether he is simply a survivor, a visionary, or something stranger becomes one of the questions around which the novel develops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMatty’s story eventually intersects with those of the twins Sophy and Toni and with Sebastian Pedigree, as Golding moves through violence, religious experience, sexuality, terror, and the unstable border between revelation and madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe title invokes the paradox of “darkness visible,” associated with Milton’s \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e, and the novel opens with the Latin phrase \u003cem\u003eSit mihi fas audita loqui\u003c\/em\u003e, placing the book immediately within a language of testimony, vision, and things heard but not easily explained.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original dust jacket reproduces Russell Drysdale’s painting \u003cem\u003eThe Rainmaker\u003c\/em\u003e and retains the original \u003cstrong\u003e£4.95 net\u003c\/strong\u003e price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal burgundy cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Printed in Great Britain by Lowe and Brydone Printers Limited, Thetford, Norfolk. ISBN 0-571-11454-7.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good in the original price-intact dust jacket. Binding sound and firmly bound. The text block shows pronounced but even age-toning throughout, clearly visible in the photographs. Dust jacket with light shelf and handling wear, substantially complete, and protected in a removable clear archival sleeve.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47250238243004,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/1285\/3436\/files\/1300517.jpg?v=1786134499","url":"https:\/\/atelierzweig.com\/products\/william-golding-s-darkness-visible-first-edition","provider":"Atelier Zweig Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}