War with the Newts

War with the Newts

Karel Čapek

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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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    This was a Christmas gift from my Czech boyfriend. One of the first things we bonded over (along with FFXIV, gardening, and baking) was books. With his help, I'm dipping my toe into Czech literature and I am excited to start with this speculative satire by one of the greats.

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