Search for your favourite author or book

War with the Newts: Modern Classics

ISBN 
9780241343456
Format 
Paperback
Recommended Price 
R275.00
Published 
September 2018
About the book: 

War with the Newts (1936) is Karel Capek's darkly humorous allegory of early 20th-century Czech politics. Captain van Toch discovers a colony of newts in Sumatra which can not only be taught to trade and use tools, but also to speak. As the rest of the world learns of the creatures and their wonderful capabilities, it is clear that this new species is ripe for exploitation - they can be traded in their thousands, will do the work no human wants to do, and can fight - but the humans have given no thought to the terrible consequences of their actions.

Others also viewed

There's nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family - and they're keen to keep it...
The defeat and death of the evil Wulfgar should inspire a time of rejoicing throughout Eutracia....
On the night Malcolm and Maud Angel are murdered, their daughter, Tandy, knows just three things...