by Pierre Boulle · Círculo de Lectores · tapa dura · ISBN 9788422688990
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«El planeta de los simios» is the science fiction novel by Pierre Boulle, published by Círculo de Lectores in hardback (206 pages, in Spanish).
Journalist Ulysses Mérou and scientist Antelle land on a planet in the Betelgeuse system that seems like a paradise. They soon discover that apes have developed an advanced civilization there, while humans live as wild beasts or are used as guinea pigs. Mérou will try to understand that inverted society and find his place in it.
Originally published as «La planète des singes» in 1963, translated by Enrique Folch. First installment of the Planet of the Apes saga.
A classic of French science fiction, suitable for readers of dystopias and space adventures with a speculative background.
Pierre François Marie Louis Boulle was a French author. He is best known for two works, The Bridge over the River Kwai (1952) and Planet of the Apes (1963), that were both made into award-winning films.
