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100			_aCapek, Karel
245			_aWar with the newts
260			_bPenguin Books, _c2018. _aLondon :
300			_a340, p. ; _c20 cm.
365			_b699.00 _c₹ _d01
490			_aPenguin Classics
520			_aWar with the Newts" is Karel Capek's darkly humorous allegory of early twentieth-century Czech politics. Captain van Toch discovers a colony of newts in Sumatra which can not only be taught to trade and use tools, but also to speak. As the rest of the world learns of the creatures and their wonderful capabilities, it is clear that this new species is ripe for exploitation - they can be traded in their thousands, will do the work no human wants to do, and can fight - but the humans have given no thought to the terrible consequences of their actions.
650			_aAllegories
650			_aCzech fiction
700			_aWeatherall, M. _etr.
700			_aWeatherall, R. _etr.
942			_2ddc _cBK