Auf ein Miniaturbild klicken, um zu Google Books zu gelangen.
Lädt ... The Beach (Original 1996; 1998. Auflage)von Alex Garland
Werk-InformationenThe Beach von Alex Garland (1996)
Lädt ...
Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. It's hard to pinpoint why I liked this. Ostensibly, not much really "happens," but something about it just compelled me. Interesting thoughts on human character. ( ) This book is about a despised lifestyle of entitled youths who are so entitled that they can go ruin paradise in Asia with their runaway numbers. An English boy in Thailand finds out about"the beach," a "paradise" on a remote island in the gulf of Thailand, prohibited to visitors. Well, that's the kind of prohibition that he's bound to break, so he sets off with a French boy and girl, determined to make paradise their own. Amazingly enough, despite huge obstacles, they do make their way there, and join a small community of other entitled boys and girls playing at hippie commune. Because humans are, well, human, paradise can't last for long, plus, this place never belonged to them, right? This is somewhat entertaining, but the entitlement, the animal cruelty, and the racism were hard to take. I won't be reading anymore from this author. Richard es un turista inglés que está en un hotel de Bangkok. En la habitación de al lado hay un tipo muerto que le dejó un mapa de una hermosa playa virgen que se rumorea que quien la encuentre habrá encontrado el paraíso. Junto con una pareja de franceses, Ettiene y Françoise se aventurará en la búsqueda de dicha playa donde se encontrarán con una pequeña comunidad bien organizada que sólo busca un lugar de descanso permanenente. Los tres se acoplarán a la comunidad pero pronto descubrirán que no todo es placer en esta isla. Absolutely fantastic. Veers between well-written abstract sequences and grounded realism with ease, and keeps one guessing right up to the very end without resorting ridiculous, forced-seeming twists. In various parts I felt a character's dismay, disgust, triumph, seething anger, bewilderment, lust, smugness or absolute horror. Kinda made me long to sell all my belongings and go backpacking across southeast Asia, though, so reader beware, I guess? keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Bearbeitet/umgesetzt inAuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige AuswahlenBemerkenswerte Listen
A young backpacker in Thailand searching for something different learns of the existence of an idyllic island which is not even on the map. The novel describes his jungle journey to reach the island where he discovers a secret commune of international drifters living off fish and pot. The man's arrival coincides with growing tension between factions, leading to the commune's violent demise. A first novel. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
Aktuelle DiskussionenKeineBeliebte Umschlagbilder
Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
Bist das du?Werde ein LibraryThing-Autor. Penguin AustraliaEine Ausgabe dieses Buches wurde Penguin Australia herausgegeben. |