★ 台北美國學校閱讀書單

At the dawn of the next world war, a plane crashes on an uncharted island, stranding a group of schoolboys. At first, with no adult supervision, their freedom is something to celebrate.

This far from civilization they can do anything they want. Anything. But as order collapses, as strange howls echo in the night, as terror begins its reign, the hope of adventure seems as far removed from reality as the hope of being rescued.


威廉．高汀是一九八三年諾貝爾文學獎得主。本書的主題是想從社會的缺點追溯探討人性黑暗面。書中透過深刻的人性分析描繪出荒島生活的孩子們的罪惡和墮落。

道德應是靠個人倫理性判定還是任何法律規範或是政治制度來可以決定呢? 從此書中可激發我們相對於現代處境中所應有的省思。