by Karel Čapek · Penguin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141180953
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«War with the Newts» is Karel Čapek's dystopian science fiction novel, published by Penguin Classics in paperback (368 pages, in English).
Captain von Toch discovers giant intelligent salamanders in Polynesia and trains them to dive for pearls. Commercial interest exploits them in large underwater projects, but their rapid reproduction and ability to organise soon become a threat to human dominance.
The novel was originally published in Czech as Válka s Mloky (1936); this edition belongs to Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics and includes an introduction by Ivan Klíma.
For readers of classic science fiction and satirical dystopias; will appeal to those seeking social criticism with humour.
Karel Čapek was a Czech writer, playwright, critic and journalist. He has become best known for his science fiction, including his novel War with the Newts (1936) and play R.U.R., which introduced the word robot. He also wrote many politically charged works dealing with the social turmoil of his time. Influenced by American pragmatic liberalism, he campaigned in favor of free expression and strongly opposed the rise of both fascism and communism in Europe.
