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War with the Newts

1937·348 pages

Fantasy Literary Fiction

classics satire satirical social commentary

Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that the newts gain skills and arms enough to challenge man's place at the top of the animal kingdom. Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism, fascism, journalism, militarism, even Hollywood.

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War with the Newts

Year

1937

Pages

348

Fantasy Literary Fiction

Tags

classics satire satirical social commentary

Description

Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts and learns to exploit them so successfully that the newts gain skills and arms enough to challenge man's place at the top of the animal kingdom. Along the way, Karel Capek satirizes science, runaway capitalism, fascism, journalism, militarism, even Hollywood.

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