A man with an intellectual disability undergoes an experimental surgery and writes about the change
What it is about
Charlie Gordon works at a bakery and is eager to learn. He is chosen for a surgical experiment that has already changed a laboratory mouse named Algernon. The story is told in Charlie’s own progress reports, whose spelling and style change as he does.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like science fiction with strong characters.
What you will get
A short, poignant classic that is easy to read and hard to forget.
Behind the book
It began as a short story in 1959 that won a Hugo Award, and the novel version won the Nebula Award.
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Flowers for Algernon Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Science Fiction · Intelligence · Identity · Ethics
Length
274 pages · ≈ 8 h
More about this book
Characters
Charlie Gordon, his doctors and the mouse Algernon.
Setting
New York City in the 1950s and 1960s.
What makes it different
The writing itself changes as Charlie does.
Feel
Moving, sad and thoughtful.
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