First published 1996
In ancient Egypt, an outsider at the royal court dares to question the age-old rituals that uphold the social order. As he pushes the boundaries, a few of the closed community catch glimpses of a wider world - but the status quo cannot be shaken without consequences. Golding's tale of a society resisting change taps into the eternal tensions between tradition and progress, conformity and individualism. At its heart lies a profound meditation on the price of challenging the powers that be.
Genres: drama, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, ancient, ancient-history
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: challenging-authority, outsider-protagonist
180 pages · Paperback · Mariner Books