Beyond the Beach: The Wit and Wisdom of Nevil Shute 9781467929127

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Автор: Levy Bill
Название: Beyond the Beach: The Wit and Wisdom of Nevil Shute
ISBN: 9781467929127
Издательство: Createspace
Классификация: ISBN-10: 1467929123
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 92
Вес: 0.10 кг.
Дата издания: 03.01.2012
Язык: English
Размер: 203 x 127 x 5
Поставляется из: США
Описание: Bill Levys Beyond the Beach: The Wit and Wisdom of Nevil Shute offers readers the opportunity to experience Nevil Shute. British novelist Nevil Shute (1899-1960) is remembered primarily for his novel On the Beach. But he wrote over twenty other fascinating novels that are still extremely relevant today. The book is divided into two sections. The first section, Beyond the Beach, is an overview of Nevil Shutes life and career and consists of (1) a biographical sketch of Nevil Shute including a brief analysis of his work, and (2) a discussion of reasons why he should be read today and tomorrow. The second section, The Wit and Wisdom of Nevil Shute, is divided up into nineteen sub-sections. Each sub-section contains quotations from one of Shutes books. These quotations demonstrate Shutes perceptions of people, places, and ideas; they also illustrate his subtle humor, his gentle yet masculine use of language, his unique sense of timing, and his genius for succinctly capturing a universal concept with deceptive simplicity. Shute had the unique capacity to combine an astute and pragmatic knowledge of technology with an optimistic humanism and, quite often, with a compelling sense of mysticism. His books continually emphasize the power of the individual to shape history while his genuine and generous protagonists provide excellent heroic prototypes. Nevil Shute had an uncanny ability to predict the future. He also had the skill to sculpt stories that open up his readers minds.The author states in the Prologue, Nevil Shutes novels have provided me with a sanctuary from many of the absurdities of contemporary life, given me much of my moral base, and helped to expand my personal horizons. Hopefully, this book will stimulate others to explore and re-explore his world.

Beyond the Beach: The Wit and Wisdom of Nevil Shute, Levy Bill