Karel apek's brilliant comic and satirical novel of 1936 deals with
the discovery of a sentient race of newts or salamanders, and their
subsequent transition from fairground sideshow to forced labour to
ferocious enemies of the human race. Along the way he pokes fun at
a whole range of targets, from the superficiality of Hollywood to
the arrogance of scientists. He also deals with serious subjects
such as racism, imperialism and exploitation, and is positively
prophetic on the threat of expansionism and the folly of
appeasement. This handsome new edition from Benediction Classics
uses the acclaimed 2002 translation from the Czech by David Wyllie,
with original illustrations.
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