Tom Neale (1) (1902–1977)
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Neale, Tom
- Geburtstag
- 1902-11-06
- Todestag
- 1977-11-27
- Begräbnisort
- Returned Serviceman's Association Cemetery, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- New Zealand (birth)
- Wohnorte
- Moorea, Tahiti
Suwarrow Atoll, Cook Islands
Timaru, New Zealand - Berufe
- Apprentice Engineer (New Zealand Navy)
Relieving Storekeeper (Cook Islands)
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- 1
- Mitglieder
- 239
- Beliebtheit
- #94,925
- Bewertung
- 4.3
- Rezensionen
- 12
- ISBNs
- 26
- Sprachen
- 5
In retrospect, I should have realized this book wasn't going to be great. Running away to an island is not just my dream--it's a common one--so it seems unlikely that a really good book on the subject would remain as obscure as An Island to Oneself. Neale is an unlikeable narrator, an extremely idiosyncratic, single-minded person who takes pride in odd things. The things that are appealing about the tropics--the sunshine, the ease of life, the glory of the sunsets, the beauty of the reefs--are barely present in his account. Instead, he obsessively delineates his narrow diet and his many labors, and he doesn't seem to enjoy his surroundings except for the hardships they impose. He doesn't seem to have been in love with islands at all, but only with solitude. He could just as easily have been alone in the middle of the woods in Montana (and now that I think of it, there is something unabomber-ish about him) or Alaska; he kind of reminds me of Chris McCandless from Into the Wild, minus the charm and youthful exuberance. Maybe he would have been more likable if Jon Krakauer had written this story. At the very least he would have been a lot more interesting.
This review is an excerpt from a longer review on my blog, Around the World in 2000 Books.… (mehr)