Flowers for Algernon

Daniel Keyes

A man with an intellectual disability undergoes an experiment that transforms his mind, then forces him to face the cost.

First published 1987

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Charlie Gordon, a kind but intellectually limited adult, is selected for an experimental surgery meant to increase intelligence. He records his experience in progress reports as his language, self-understanding, and awareness of others begin to change.

As Charlie becomes smarter, he starts to see his relationships, his work life, and the people around him differently. The same development that gives him new insight also isolates him, as he learns painful truths about how others have treated him.

The story follows the rise and fall of Charlie's intelligence and the emotional consequences of that reversal. Its focus stays on his inner experience, the experiment's effects, and the question of what intelligence means when paired with loneliness and loss.

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Authors: Daniel Keyes
First published: 1987
Genres: Short Stories, Classics, Science Fiction, School, Read For School, American, Animals, Young Adult, Psychology
Subjects: institutionalization · dementia · phenylketonuria · award:nebula_award=novel · Brain · Surgery · People with mental disabilities · Gifted persons · Fiction · American Science fiction · Retrasados mentales · Niños superdotados · Open Library Staff Picks · Readers · Cerebro · Ficción juvenil · Cirugía · Science fiction · Juvenile fiction · Young adult fiction · Psychological fiction · Personas dotadas · Nebula Award · Novela · Reading Level-Grade 7 · Reading Level-Grade 9 · Reading Level-Grade 8 · Reading Level-Grade 11 · Reading Level-Grade 10 · Reading Level-Grade 12 · Fiction, science fiction, general · Large type books · Children's fiction · People with mental disabilities, fiction · Mentally handicapped · Personnes ayant une déficience intellectuelle · Romans, nouvelles · Surdoués · Cerveau · Chirurgie · Grifted peoples
ISBN-13: 9780156030083

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