Flowers for Algernon

Name: Flowers for Algernon
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SKU: 9780156030304
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By Daniel Keyes

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Flowers for Algernon follows Charlie Gordon, a man with a low IQ, who undergoes an experimental surgery promising to greatly enhance his intelligence. After the operation, Charlie's intellect grows beyond the scientists' expectations, mirroring the earlier success seen in a lab mouse named Algernon. However, when Algernon begins to decline, Charlie faces the unsettling possibility that his own transformation may be temporary, leading to profound emotional and ethical dilemmas.
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Ideal for readers interested in classic science fiction, psychological drama, and thought-provoking explorations of intelligence and human experience.

With more than five million copies sold, "Flowers for Algernon" is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. High school & older.

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Flowers for Algernon is the winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards. This powerful, classic science fiction story is about a man who receives an operation that turns him into a genius and introduces him to heartache.

Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence—a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon.

As the treatment takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance, until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780156030304

Publisher: Mariner Books Classics

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2005

Country: United States

Imprint: Mariner Books Classics

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 23.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 249g

Pages: 311

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Classic Fiction Daniel Keyes Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy Science Fiction Young Adult

About the Author

Daniel Keyes (1927 - 2014) was born in Brooklyn, New York, and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Brooklyn College. He was the author of eight books, including the classic Flowers for Algernon, first published in 1966, which would go on to sell more than five million copies and inspire the Oscar-winning film Charly. He also worked as a merchant seaman, a fiction editor, a high school teacher, and as a university professor at Ohio University, where he was honored at Professor Emeritus in 2000. He won the Hugo and Nebula awards for his work and was chosen as an Author Emeritus by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 2000.

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