Koridor Yayıncılık ALGERNON’A ÇİÇEKLER / SWINGING CAT BOOKMARK GIFT

Flowers for algernon has been published in 30 countries in 27 languages to date, and has sold over 5 million copies. it has won prestigious hugo and nebula awards.

Charlie, born with a very low iq, is a perfect candidate for scientists to perform experimental surgery to increase his intelligence level. this experiment was tested on a laboratory mouse named algernon and achieved great success. after the surgery, charlie's condition is monitored with reports he writes in his diary. the early reports he wrote are dominated by childish language and spelling errors. and then the effect of the surgery begins to show. charlie now thinks that people cannot make fun of him and he will make many friends, he can open up to the woman he loves. but since his intelligence has risen far above normal, he is ridiculed and envied by those around him, and he fails to gain the friends he wants again and is alone again...

This experiment was considered a highly significant breakthrough, until a sudden regression occurred in algernon... i wonder if the same regression would occur in charlie?

*a believable, gripping and very touching story.*__t4__

New york times

*an exciting diary… i don't think i can erase some of the scenes in this book from my mind throughout my life.*__t6__

-the news and observer__t7__

*a novel that absorbs people, original… a story that will not lose its importance for a long time.*__t8__

-library journal__t9__