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| Original Title: | The Beach |
| ISBN: | 1573226521 (ISBN13: 9781573226523) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Thailand |
| Literary Awards: | Betty Trask Award (1997) |
Alex Garland
Paperback | Pages: 436 pages Rating: 3.94 | 67627 Users | 2577 Reviews
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I really have no idea how to describe this book, it was mesmerising. Richard, a British backpacker arrives in Bangkok and on his first night in a hostel is given a map that leads to a so-called Eden, a secret beach that few travellers know about. So with French couple Etienne and Francoise in tow, they try to find the island. When they do life is idyllic for a while, then cracks start to appear, and they find that their Eden isn't the Paradise it seems. I can't even pinpoint what it is about this book, that a simple tale of backpackers on an island beach could be unputdownable. But it is. It is that and so much more. Highly Recommended.
Identify Of Books The Beach
| Title | : | The Beach |
| Author | : | Alex Garland |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 436 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 1998 by Riverhead Books (first published October 14th 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Travel. Thriller. Adventure. Contemporary. Cultural. Asia. Novels |
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Ratings: 3.94 From 67627 Users | 2577 ReviewsCrit Of Books The Beach
The Beach was the 1996 debut novel by Alex Garland, a British writer who's gone on to pen the screenplays for an impressive bunch of UK-produced science fiction films. Garland authored 28 Days Later (2003) and Sunshine (2007), adapted Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go (2010), as well as the comic book Dredd (2012), the version that was actually good. His name first materialized on screen in 2000 with The Beach and despite the dismal reception of that film -- the script for which Garland didOnly a few weeks ago I realized that the Alex Garland who wrote this book was also the Alex Garland who wrote and directed Ex-Machina and turned Annihilation into a film. What a man. Minutes after this epiphany I bought this book and dived straight into a reading experience that I won't forget anytime soon.Richard is your typical backpacker - young, reckless, and looking for an adventure in East Asia. In Thailand, he is given a map that promises utopia on an unknown island. What he finds there
A fortunate find at the anniversary Big Book Sale with S and K on my first day of vacation. I'd been toying with reading this after something triggered my memory of the awful movie (perhaps after hearing Porcelain or another decade-old Top 40 soundtrack song at some store in the Bay Area, as is prone to happen around here), and after toying with the idea of going backpacking before my window closes, i.e. before I truly become too old and curmudgeonly. Thank goodness I read this rambling book and
Another excellent book which I forgot to add on here! Definitely need a reread!
This book is of course way better than the movie.The movie was watered down, warped, and completely missed the point Garland tried to make in his astonishingly succesful first novel. For starters, Richard, the main character, is brown, English, and doesnt have sex with anybody. He's not Leo at all. The first half of the book is incredible and really gets deep into the backpacking culture in Thailand, and is the best example of backpacker literature for our generation that I've yet seen.Still,
First of all I would like to thank my friend Maciek for suggesting this great book! I couldn't tear myself away until I finished it.The only thing I knew about this story is that it was made into a movie with Leo DiCaprio and it got lukewarm reviews. I stayed away from it for that reason. If the movie is 1/10 as good as this novel, then I missed a treat. Three world travelers have a map to a beach that is described as Eden. Feeling adventurous, they make the difficult journey there, and are soon
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