by Daniel Keyes · J'AI LU · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782290312957
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«Des fleurs pour Algernon» is the science fiction novel by Daniel Keyes, published by J'ai Lu in paperback (256 pages, in French).
Charlie Gordon, a man with intellectual disability who works in a bakery, takes part in an experiment that has already multiplied the intelligence of the laboratory mouse Algernon. Guided by psychologist Alice Kinnian, his diary records an intellectual awakening that opens the doors of love and knowledge, and confronts him with questions about identity and the ethics of scientific progress.
Work originally published as Flowers for Algernon in 1966, winner of the Nebula Award; this French edition from J'ai Lu uses the translation by Georges Hilaire Gallet.
For those approaching science fiction for the first time and for readers seeking an emotional classic about intelligence and identity.
Daniel Keyes was an American writer best known as the author of the novel Flowers for Algernon. Keyes was given the Author Emeritus honor by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.
