{"product_id":"la-guerra-de-las-salamandras","title":"War with the Newts","description":"\u003ch5\u003eOur Review\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWar with the Newts\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most brilliant and entertaining satires we have ever read. It is a \u003cb\u003efierce and visionary critique of colonialism, savage capitalism, and human stupidity\u003c\/b\u003e, disguised as an incredible science fiction novel\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e Through the story of docile newts exploited by humanity, Čapek holds up a mirror to us, and the reflection is as comical as it is terrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat would happen if we discovered a new intelligent species and the first thing we did was turn them into cheap labor? This is the premise of this masterpiece, the \u003cb\u003efirst great catastrophic science fiction novel\u003c\/b\u003e. The story of how the newts go from being a curiosity to becoming a global threat is a journey that will make you laugh and, a second later, chill you to the bone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a book that, almost a century later, \u003cb\u003eremains painfully relevant.\u003c\/b\u003e A must-read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurthermore, given the complexity of its collage-like structure, its reading in the Cátedra edition is especially interesting, as it includes \u003cstrong\u003ea very good introduction and some notes \u003c\/strong\u003eby researcher and translator Cristian Cámara Outes. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCaptain Van Toch discovers a strange new species of giant salamander on a Polynesian island, incredibly intelligent and capable of learning to use tools. Soon, human greed sees an unbeatable business opportunity: the newts are distributed around the world, exploited as cheap labor to search for pearls and build dikes. But the newts learn, multiply, and begin to have their own ideas, unleashing a global crisis that threatens to sink civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKarel Čapek (Czech Republic, 1890-1938) is one of the most important Czech writers of the 20th century and a founder of modern science fiction. His play \u003ci\u003eR.U.R.\u003c\/i\u003e (Rossum's Universal Robots) was the one that \u003cb\u003eintroduced the word \"robot\" into all languages of the world\u003c\/b\u003e. In his later years, he was very concerned about the rise of totalitarianism in Europe. He died of pneumonia a few months before the Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia and planned his arrest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTechnical Specifications\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karel Čapek\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cátedra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan\u003e9788437646466\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Cátedra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55164642558278,"sku":"Est4\/Bal4\/Arnoia","price":19.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0797\/5590\/3302\/files\/LaguerradelassalamandrasA.webp?v=1759229157","url":"https:\/\/libreriacasadrojan.com\/en\/products\/la-guerra-de-las-salamandras","provider":"Librería Casa Drojan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}