This 1954 post-apocalyptic novel by Richard Matheson tells the story of Robert Neville, an ex-soldier immune to an epidemic that changed mankind into a vampire species. Neville is struggling with aloneness through a routine he set up to survive and keep some mental sanity. However, one day, he encounters what seems to be another uncontaminated human being. That is where the story takes an unexpected turn, ending with a twist giving its full meaning to the book’s title. In the line of Mary Shelley’s 1826 book “The Last Man”, Matheson’s novel is a metaphorical dissertation on death, the emergence of society and the subjective notion of good and evil.
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