by Walter Tevis · Oxford University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194242318
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«The Man Who Fell to Earth» is the science fiction novel by Walter Tevis, published by Oxford University Press in paperback (96 pages, in English).
A mysterious character named Newton arrives on Earth with a human appearance, but he is not a man: he comes from another planet and has a plan. His presence arouses the suspicions of the FBI and Nathan Bryce. The novel asks whether Newton wants to save the Earth or destroy it, in a science fiction story about loneliness and identity.
Abridged and graded edition with a level of 1000 words, published in 1979 within the Alpha Science Fiction collection.
Intended for students of English as a foreign language with an approximate vocabulary of 1000 words.
Walter Stone Tevis Jr. was an American novelist and screenwriter. Three of his six novels were adapted into major films: The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Man Who Fell to Earth. A fourth, The Queen’s Gambit, was adapted into a miniseries with the same title and shown on Netflix in 2020. His books have been translated into at least 18 languages.
