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Matheson maakt op een briljant-ingenieuze wijze gebruik van de Vampiermythe voor Essef doeleinden Glavni junak romana, Robert Nevil, poslednji je čovek u svetu zaraženom vampirizmom. Zabarikadiran u svom domu, on svake noći vodi bitku da preživi do svitanja, pri čemu mu neprijatelji nisu samo krvožedni stvorovi napolju, nego i sopstveni nagoni, ludilo koje vreba i uspomene na lepšu prošlost. Sudbinu Roberta Nevila na kraju zapečatiće jedna žena čija će ga izdaja suočiti sa istinom da se shvatanje normalnosti preokrenulo i da je sada sam na njenoj drugoj strani. Na onoj strani na kojoj se stupa u legendu. Prvenstvena tema Metisonovog dela je „opasna različitost”. Njegovi vampiri su sivi i istovetni, simbol vladavine populizma, dok je Nevil večiti pojedinac u borbi protiv neprijateljskih sila prirode i društva. Belongs to Publisher SeriesFolio SF (53) — 6 more Kalla Kårar (31) Midnattsgrøsseren (30) Présence du futur (10) Science Fiction Book Club (3684) SF Masterworks (2) Is contained inHas the adaptationInspired
An acclaimed SF novel about vampires becomes a stunning new movie starring Will Smith. The last man on earth is not alone . . . Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth . . . but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the undead through the ruins of civilisation. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the dawn. How long can one man survive like this? No library descriptions found.
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The entire narrative is relayed through the eyes of an omniscient narrator witnessing the battle for life waged by sole survivor of the pandemic: Robert Neville. By night he fortifies himself in his house and keeps the monstrous undead at bay using the traditional paraphernalia of crosses, garlic and holy water as well as pumping lead into the more daredevil types forcing entry. By day he races against time to slay as many of the sleeping offenders as possible while discovering a cure.
Contrary to his expectations (and there are many of those); Neville soon discovers a far more considerably fatal mutation than the one he is battling. A mutation which leads to the rise of a new species destined to supplant both humans and hybrids. Given Matheson's simplistic bluntness in relaying the tale, the title I Am Legend signals that just like cryptids humans too will be reduced to the fringes of existential memory. (