by Robert C. O'Brien · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141300313
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«Z for Zachariah» is the young adult science fiction novel by Robert C. O'Brien, published by Puffin in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Ann Burden believes she is the only survivor of a nuclear war and lives alone in an isolated valley. Her isolation is broken by the arrival of Loomis, a scientist protected by a radiation suit; the hope of finding company turns into a disturbing battle of wills. Ann will have to decide whether she can trust him or whether she must flee.
The novel was originally published in 1974. Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel in 1976. Recommended reading age: 12-17 years.
For young people aged 12 to 17 and for readers of dystopias and post-apocalyptic science fiction with psychological tension.
Robert Leslie Carroll Conly, better known by his pen name Robert C. O'Brien, was an American novelist and a journalist for National Geographic magazine. He is best known for his children's novel Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971), which won the Newbery Medal 1972. His novel was later adapted to Don Bluth's animated film The Secret of NIMH (1982).
