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On the beach / Nevil Shute.

By: Language: English Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, 1974, ©1957Edition: 1st Ballantine books edDescription: 278 pages 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0345311485
  • 9780345311481
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823/.912 21
LOC classification:
  • PR6027.O54
Summary: A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North. The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off. They are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Biblioteket HKR Skönlitteratur Roman Eng Shute Available 11156000156120
Total holds: 0

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Following a nuclear war in the Northern Hemisphere, the inhabitants of a small Australian community await the inevitable after-effects of the bombs to reach them.

Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1957.

A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North. The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off. They are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle.

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