This book is very long so being prepared to spend a lot of time with it would be a good idea. If you find yourself daydreaming, you shall become lost cause every paragraph matters and every paragraph has something important to say. The writing style is original and impressive. The girl’s name is Moira.Īny compliment that I would try to give this book would be an understatement. This is one of the reasons Dwight plays such a prominent role. Peter is a married man, with a friend who seems to become interested in Dwight after they spend some time together. The navy is all that’s left of military power, and of the navy, submarines are the only craft that can survive. The story gradually brings him closer to Dwight who becomes Peter’s commander on a submarine. The book follows Peter and Dwight, fellow crew members in a submarine in the navy.
Since Australia wasn’t involved, they are the only ones who haven’t been completely wiped out. All rights reserved.On the Beach is a book all about the life of Australians after a nuclear war has occurred. Copyright © Richard Carl Subber 2020 All rights reserved.īook review: Shantung Compound They didn’t care much about each other… by Langdon GilkeyĬlick here – Writing Rainbows: Poems for Grown-Ups with 59 free verse and haiku poems, and the rest of my poetry books are for sale on Amazon (paperback and Kindle) and free in Kindle Unlimited, search Amazon for “Richard Carl Subber” I desperately fear that my grandchildren may be re-reading this book as they survive in the hills, trying to ignore the advancing seas below.īook review. On the Beach is a baldly powerful chronicle of the unyielding imperatives of human nature, including the impulse to work side by side with someone you love, planting a garden, hoping to share a rich crop next year, ignoring the darkness in the northern sky. The reader doesn’t need to apply much imagination.
Many of them choose to live as if they don’t know it. The land down under is the last refuge of human beings on the planet.Īll of them know they’re going to die in a couple months.
Maybe you think you know the story line: in the aftermath of worldwide nuclear destruction, an inescapable deadly radioactive miasma is finally devastating Australia. I awakened some of my disturbing memories ( Weltschmerz, perhaps) of reading it the first time, almost 60 years ago. I could not read On the Beach again without taking on some of the terminal burden of the characters. New York: Vintage International, Vintage Books, 1957
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