- Beaches, Fiction, Literature, Modern fiction
Een jonge reiziger komt met zijn metgezellen terecht op een verborgen, paradijselijk Thais eiland, dat langzaam aan verandert in een nachtmerrie.
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Contemporary, classical in form, grave and plot-driven.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Alex Garland
- First published
- January 1, 2000
- Pages
- 445
- Publisher
- Goldmann, Bookcassette, Quetzal
- Editions
- 46
- Language
- Dutch, Portuguese, German, French
- ISBN
- 9781567402278
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First sentence
“The first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Ko Sanh Road.”
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