Round the Bend - Couverture souple

Shute, Nevil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099530155 ISBN 13 : 9780099530152

Editeur : Vintage Classics, 2009

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Nevil Shute Norway 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).

Quatrième de couverture :

'A story which grips and fascinates, enriched by the observation and understanding which have made Shute's work outstanding' Scotsman

When Tom Cutter hires Constantine Shaklin as an engineer in his air freight business, he little realises the extraordinary gifts of his new recruit. Shaklin possesses a religious power which inspires everyone he meets to a new faith and hope for humanity. As Cutter's business grows across Asia, so does Shaklin's fame, until he is widely regarded as a unifying deity. Though he struggles to believe Shaklin is indeed divine, the friendship will transform Cutter's life.

See Also: On the Beach

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Classics
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0099530155
• ISBN 13: 9780099530152
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384