Nevil Shute

On the Beach

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Produktbeschreibung

Then a faint Morse code signal is picked up, transmitting from the United States and the submarine must set sail through the bleak ocean to search for signs of life. On the Beach is Nevil Shute's most powerful novel.

Produktdetails

• Vintage Classics
• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 620735
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 199mm x 128mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 226g
• ISBN-13: 9780099530251
• ISBN-10: 0099530252
• Artikelnr.: 26544920

Autorenporträt

Nevil Shute was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).

Rezensionen

Shute's most considerable achievement Daily Telegraph