The Day of the Triffids

The Triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world...The narrator of this superbly terrifying novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world as he knew it, he has survived to witness a new one. But the new world that awaits [...]
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The Triffids are a monstrous species of stinging plant; they walk, they talk, they dominate the world...The narrator of this superbly terrifying novel wakes up in hospital to find that, by missing the end of the world as he knew it, he has survived to witness a new one. But the new world that awaits him is fantastic, horrific - and entirely plausible. In 'The Day of the Triffids', John Wyndham achieves a razor-edge balance between wry satire and stark tragedy. The story cuts deep into the imagination, leaving the reader shaken by its violent insights.