Flowers For Algernon

The must-read literary science fiction masterpiece

De: Daniel Keyes

Narrado por: Adam Sims

'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking' Guardian

Charlie Gordon, a floor sweeper born with an unusually low IQ, has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that doctors hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. All Charlie wants is to be smart and have friends, but the treatement turns him into a genius.

Then Algernon begins to fade. What will become of Charlie?

Read by Adam Sims
(p) Orion Publishing Group 2017

Reseñas de la Crítica

This is one of the greats: a story and a central character that have stayed with me for thirty years, from the first moment I picked it up

A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking, and utterly, completely brilliant

A timeless tearjerker

Excellent . . . extremely moving

Unflinchingly honest . . . it will make you reflect on your own life . . . and completely and utterly break your heart

A narrative tour de force, very moving, beautiful and remorseless in its simple logic

Strikingly original

A tale that is convincing, suspectful and touching

makes you wonder about mankind

very interesting point of view. heartbreaking and not so science fiction any more. read it!

Extraordinary. Beautiful and sad.

A unique book. Fascinating, but with a very sad ending. The narration was occasionally difficult.

The most dynamic character ever.

It's hard not to love this book. I felt a lot of empathy for Charlie, and even though Charlie's became a true dick, I really liked him. I the ending was not as satisfying as I had hoped, but it's a really minor inconvenience.

Really good

Not like any other book I've read. I really enjoyed it and couldn't wait to get back to it.

Different, a great story well written and well narrated.

I cried in my car.

I'd heard of this book and knew the plot by osmosis. But I never thought it would hit this hard once I actually got through it.

There was a point in which I realized that this story is set somewhere in the 70's and up until that point I had not realized that it was that old since the subject and the writing feel so relevant to this day and age.

It's been a couple of months since I finished it and I find myself thinking about it from time to time, asking myself what intelligence really means and what could we do with a lot more of it if we had the chance. But also, how "stupid" we actually are, how we let our own pettiness and ego get the better of us and how that is what trumps our progress as a species. How intellectual intelligence is not the same as emotional intelligence and how in order to be truly effective, they have to be earned.


It truly is a timeless classic, I cannot recommend this book enough. Also, I'm so mad that there has not been a decent movie about it.

Performance was good and immersive, I'm off to buy a physical copy of this as well.