Flowers for Algernon
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
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- May 1, 2005
- ISBN
- 9780156030304
- Publisher
- Mariner Books Classics
- Pages
- 311
- Language
- English
- Age range
- 14 and up
- Grade range
- 9 and up
- BISAC
- Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction, Hard Science Fiction, Literary, Women, Fantasy, Urban, Psychological
- Themes
- Feminine, Urban
- Related subjects
- Science fiction, Brain, Surgery, Gifted persons, Psychological fiction, People with mental disabilities
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Flowers for Algernon is a timeless classic that explores the connection between emotion and intellegence. It is a powerful yet touching story about one man's introduction to intellect and, through this process, heartbreak.