House of Stairs
| Year for Search |
1974
|
|---|---|
| Author | |
| Annotation |
Young adult dystopia in which a doctor tries to condition five orphans to become perfect tools of the state. He succeeds with three of them. A group of talented children are run through a maze ("This book is dedicated to all the rats and pigeons who have already been here.") in an attempt to create an elite. Authoritarian dystopia in the background. |
| Published Date |
1974 |
| Publisher |
E. P. Dutton
|
| Place Published |
New York
|
| Keywords | |
| Full Text |
1974 Sleator, William [Warner, III] (1945-2011). House of Stairs. New York: E. P. Dutton. PSt Young adult dystopia in which a doctor tries to condition five orphans to become perfect tools of the state. He succeeds with three of them. A group of talented children are run through a maze (“This book is dedicated to all the rats and pigeons who have already been here.”) in an attempt to create an elite. Authoritarian dystopia in the background. The U.S. author lived in Thailand and the U.S. |
| Author Note |
The U.S. author (1945-2011) lived in Thailand and the U.S. |
| Download citation |