false 2625533 <![CDATA[Des fleurs pour algernon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg Suivi par la psychologue Alice Kinnian dont il tombe rapidement amoureux, Charlie va faire de grands progrès sur le plan intellectuel. Ainsi, au terme du troisième mois de traitement, il consigne dans son journal, originellement intitulé CONTE RANDU :
J'ai téléphoné à Landsdoff au New Institute for Advanced Study, au sujet de l'utilisation des paires d'ions produites par effet photo-nucléaire, pour des recherches exploratoires en biophysique.
La progression est fulgurante. Mais le plus dur est à venir, et la découverte du monde qui l'entoure sera sans concession.
Puis soudain le rêve s'effondre, Algernon décline et finit par mourir.
A rapprocher de Quotient intellectuel à vendre de John Boyd, cette fable émouvante conviendra autant aux jeunes lecteurs avides de découvertes qu'aux amateurs qui seraient passés à côté de ce livre aujourd'hui classique. Il obtint en effet le prix Hugo en 1960 et fut porté à l'écran par Ralph Nelson en 1968 sous le titre de Charly. --Laurent Schneitter

]]> 18373 63 3337594 book 1959 Flowers for Algernon total:25088|5:7092|4:9570|3:6524|2:1526|1:376| 25088 96740 30117 1478 11072 3.85 26031 1659 1137202 81710 402059 0553274503 9780553274509 52 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402059.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.87 725 5 11 false Wed May 09 22:52:38 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 19:13:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9081872 457416 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 5 4 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 13 19:19:46 -0800 2007 Sat Mar 22 09:08:12 -0700 2008 Daniel Keyes ISBN 9780156030083
“My name is Charlie Gordon…I am 32 years old…I don’t no why Im dumb…or what I did rong. Maybe its because I dint try hard enuf. ” Charlie Gordon isn’t like any adults that you see on the street. ...more...]]> 17861371 996682 466183 2290312959 9782290312957 3 <![CDATA[Des fleurs pour Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175004092m/466183.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466183.Des_fleurs_pour_Algernon 4.29 21 Suivi par la psychologue Alice Kinnian dont il tombe rapidement amoureux, Charlie va faire de grands progrès sur le plan intellectuel. Ainsi, au terme du troisième mois de traitement, il consigne dans son journal, originellement intitulé CONTE RANDU :
J'ai téléphoné à Landsdoff au New Institute for Advanced Study, au sujet de l'utilisation des paires d'ions produites par effet photo-nucléaire, pour des recherches exploratoires en biophysique.
La progression est fulgurante. Mais le plus dur est à venir, et la découverte du monde qui l'entoure sera sans concession.
Puis soudain le rêve s'effondre, Algernon décline et finit par mourir.
A rapprocher de Quotient intellectuel à vendre de John Boyd, cette fable émouvante conviendra autant aux jeunes lecteurs avides de découvertes qu'aux amateurs qui seraient passés à côté de ce livre aujourd'hui classique. Il obtint en effet le prix Hugo en 1960 et fut porté à l'écran par Ralph Nelson en 1968 sous le titre de Charly. --Laurent Schneitter

]]> 5 4 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 16 10:16:12 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 09:41:51 -0700 2008 more...]]> 24497910 1237586 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 5 4 false Sat Jun 14 14:13:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 16:23:21 -0700 2008
A simply incredible portraying of the emotions of humans. A mentally handicapped young man with a heart of gold plunges into the world of adulthood as he agrees to become an experiment to increase his intelligence.

This is officially the s...more...]]> 1027919 69388 402059 0553274503 9780553274509 52 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/402059.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.87 725 3 2 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri May 04 07:18:57 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 18:53:42 -0800 2009
I had read a very much shorter version of this story in about 8th grade, but I didn't remember much of it, so I was excited when I found this copy at a used book sale.

The story is...more...]]> 33263784 695116 18376 0553124986 9780553124989 13 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18376.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.96 100 Flowers for Algernon. As a 1959 novella it won a Hugo Award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a Nebula. The Oscar-winning movie adaptation Charly (1968) also spawned a 1980 Broadway musical.

Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving:

I dint feel bad because I watched Algernon and I lernd how to finish the amaze even if it takes me along time.

I dint know mice were so smart.

Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration, the effects begin to show and the reports steadily improve: "Punctuation, is? fun!" But getting smarter brings cruel shocks, as Charlie realizes that his merry "friends" at the bakery where he sweeps the floor have all along been laughing at him, never with him. The IQ rise continues, taking him steadily past the human average to genius level and beyond, until he's as intellectually alone as the old, foolish Charlie ever was--and now painfully aware of it. Then, ominously, the smart mouse Algernon begins to deteriorate...

Flowers for Algernon is a timeless tear-jerker with a terrific emotional impact. --David Langford

]]> 5 3 false Fri Sep 19 10:04:08 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 30 10:57:48 -0700 2008
Charlie, the title of the movie made from this book & the name of the hero, is retarded. Science gives him intelligence, along with Algernon, a lab ra...more...]]> 23417570 667542 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 5 3 true Sat May 31 21:02:29 -0700 2008 Sat May 31 21:03:55 -0700 2008 I am currently a special education teacher and anything to do with the disabled usually tugs at my heart.
To give intelligence, then to have it fade away was heartbreaking.]]> 23860685 1147841 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 5 2 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Fri Jun 06 10:04:36 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 10:06:35 -0700 2008 36533222 988705 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
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An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 4 2 false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 13 08:06:20 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 09:26:36 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 33939678 307208 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 5 2 false Fri Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 19:32:45 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 17 06:09:25 -0700 2008
I loved it. I really loved it. I even cried at the end, which is so, so rare these days (unless I read Nicholas Sparks who always seems to g...more...]]> 16873865 457958 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
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An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
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An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 4 1 false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 17:24:50 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 17:35:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 38231 1880 96961 0606340181 9780606340182 1 <![CDATA[Flores Para Algernon / Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171357326m/96961.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/96961.Flores_Para_Algernon_Flowers_for_Algernon 4.00 3 Flowers for Algernon. As a 1959 novella it won a Hugo Award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a Nebula. The Oscar-winning movie adaptation Charly (1968) also spawned a 1980 Broadway musical.

Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving:

I dint feel bad because I watched Algernon and I lernd how to finish the amaze even if it takes me along time.

I dint know mice were so smart.

Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration, the effects begin to show and the reports steadily improve: "Punctuation, is? fun!" But getting smarter brings cruel shocks, as Charlie realizes that his merry "friends" at the bakery where he sweeps the floor have all along been laughing at him, never with him. The IQ rise continues, taking him steadily past the human average to genius level and beyond, until he's as intellectually alone as the old, foolish Charlie ever was--and now painfully aware of it. Then, ominously, the smart mouse Algernon begins to deteriorate...

Flowers for Algernon is a timeless tear-jerker with a terrific emotional impact. --David Langford

]]> 4 1 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Feb 13 01:02:32 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 16 15:58:39 -0800 2009
Al principio me pareció que la transformación era muy rápida, que le ...more...]]> 41457233 1850108 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 0 1 false Wed Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Dec 31 18:24:01 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 18:26:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4150810 248456 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 3 1 false Mon Aug 06 09:22:15 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 09:28:29 -0700 2007
Charley is a mentally handicapped man who is offered the chance to be the subject in a medical experiment; to have an ope...more...]]> 36308279 1405967 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 3 1 false Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 27 10:17:35 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 12 13:15:21 -0800 2008 i'm not sure though whether i liked it or it was just ok. i enjoy 1st person narrative, di...more...]]> 12516401 782826 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
]]> 5 1 false Fri Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jan 14 15:23:34 -0800 2008 Sun Jun 15 13:07:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50193841 1851123 18373 0156030306 9780156030304 1296 <![CDATA[Flowers for Algernon]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166910991m/18373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18373.Flowers_for_Algernon 3.85 23304 Flowers for Algernon is the beloved, classic story of a mentally disabled man whose experimental quest for intelligence mirrors that of Algernon, an extraordinary lab mouse. In poignant diary entries, Charlie tells how a brain operation increases his IQ and changes his life. As the experimental procedure takes effect, Charlie's intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment seems to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance--until Algernon begins his sudden, unexpected deterioration. Will the same happen to Charlie?
An American classic that inspired the award-winning movie Charly.
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