Powieść angielska 1970- tłumaczenia polskie.
Der junge Engländer Richard ist mit dem Rucksack in Thailand unterwegs - abseits der überfüllten Routen des Massentourismus, auf der Suche nach der wahren, unverfälschten Seele des Landes, dem einzigartigen Abenteuer. Als er zusammen mit einem französischen Pärchen einen entlegenen Strand entdeckt, glaubt er am Ziel seiner Träume angelangt zu sein: weisser Sand und farbige Korallengärten, ein majestätischer Wasserfall, umringt von tropischem Dschungel, und ein buntgemischtes Häufchen junger Leute aus aller Welt, die hier ihr Lager aufgeschlagen haben. Es ist das reinste Paradies. Bis der Strand sein wahres Gesicht zu erkennen gibt. Und sich als eine grausame Hölle entpuppt, die alles zu vernichten droht. 'Der Strand' wurde sehr erfolgreich unter dem Titel 'The Beach' mit Leonardo Di Caprio verfilmt. Alex Garland wurde 1970 in London geboren. Bereits mit seinem ersten preisgekrönten Roman 'Der Strand', der erfolgreich mit Leonardo DiCaprio in der Hauptrolle verfilmt wurde ('The Beach'; USA 2000), katapultierte sich der Autor an die Spitze der internationalen Bestsellerlisten. Alex Garland wird seitdem als einer der herausragendsten Vertreter der jüngeren britischen Autorengeneration gefeiert. Nachdem auch sein zweites Werk 'Manila' von der Presse hymnisch besprochen wurde, erscheint nun im Goldmann Verlag 'Das Koma' illustriert mit Holzschnitten von Nicholas Garland, dem Vater des Autors. Alex Garland lebt in London.
Subculture films
Fiction
Feature films
The beach : adapted from the novel by Alex Garland
Niebiańska plaża
Stranden
Late at night in a seedy hotel, Richard is drawn into a strange conversation with a fellow guest. Through a narrow strip of mosquito netting he hears for the first time of a secret beach, and island Garden of Eden hidden somewhere in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. The next morning, Richard finds a map pinned to his door, and the man who put it there has slashed his wrists. The challenge is irresistible, and Richard sets off on a perilous journey in search of Shangri-La. -- Publisher description.
Beach
The Beach is a legend among young travellers in Asia: white sands circling a lagoon hidden from the sea, coral gardens and greshwater falls surrounded by jungle. In this earthtly paradise, it is rumoured, a select community lives in blissful innocence. For Richard, haunted by the gglamour of Vietnam war movies, a trek into unknown Thai territory is irresistible. He was looking for adventure. Now he's found it.
Fiction films
Laguuni
Adventure stories
Een jonge reiziger komt met zijn metgezellen terecht op een verborgen, paradijselijk Thais eiland, dat langzaam aan verandert in een nachtmerrie.
A rootless young Westerner believes he has stumbled upon paradise on a remote island off Thailand, a place known as "The Beach," until he discovers the deadly underside of the island's culture.
THE BEACH
The beach
(The beach)
Electronic books
Adventure fiction
L'ultima spiaggia = (The beach)
The Beach
"In an age when all sensation seems to come digitally via the cell phone, video screen, pager and Internet, a young American backpacker named Richard yearns to experience something real. Arriving in Thailand with adventure on his mind, Richard rents a cheap hotel room in Bangkok where he meets an alluring French couple and Daffy, an old traveler ravaged by years of sun and drug abuse. Rambling and paranoid, Daffy tells Richard a tale of a secret island which he claims is a real paradise on Earth. The next day Richard finds a hand-drawn map pinned to his door of the island decribed by Daffy. When he seeks out Daffy, he finds him dead with his wrists slashed. Richard promptly persuades the French couple to find the beach and its secret community of travelers whose lives, on the surface, appear perfect and peaceful. However, Richard will soon learn what he has found is no paradise."--Www.hollywood.com.
Drama
The beach : [the cult classic of paradise found - and lost]
The beach : [screenplay]
The beach : [press kit]
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Late at night in a seedy hotel, Richard is drawn into a strange conversation with a fellow guest. Through a narrow strip of mosquito netting he hears for the first time of a secret beach, and island Garden of Eden hidden somewhere in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. The next morning, Richard finds a map pinned to his door, and the man who put it there has slashed his wrists. The challenge is irresistible, and Richard sets off on a perilous journey in search of Shangri-La.
A young backpacker in Thailand searching for something different learns of the existence of an idyllic island which is not even on the map. The novel describes his jungle journey to reach the island where he discovers a secret commune of international drifters living off fish and pot. The man's arrival coincides with growing tension between factions, leading to the commune's violent demise. A first novel.
Late at night in a seedy hotel, Richard is drawn into a strange conversation with a fellow guest. He hears for the first time of a secret beach hidden somewhere in the scattered islands of a Thai marine park. The next morning, Richard finds a map pinned to his door, and the man who put it there has slashed his wrists.
Stranden : roman
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
A young backpacker in Thailand searching for something different learns of the existence of an idyllic island which is not even on the map. Once he reaches the island, he discovers a secret commune of international drifters living off fish and pot. The man's arrival coincides with growing tension between factions, leading to the commune's violent demise.
Un thriller saisissant dans un jardin d'Eden sud-asiatique.
La playa
Action and adventure films
Scripts
The Khao San Road, Bangkok - first stop on the backpacker trail. On Richard's first night there a fellow traveller slits his wrists, leaving Richard a map to 'the Beach'.
Large type books
The beach : adapted form the novel by Alex Garland
Readers
Richard, jeune routard fasciné par l'Asie, parvient à se rendre sur une île interdite aux touristes, où l'on vit de riz, de poisson et de marijuana. Il s'intègre facilement à cette communauté baba-cool. Mais pour la nouvelle génération, les jeux électroniques ont remplacé le bouddhisme et l'ecstasy est la voie d'accès au nirvana. Et le groupe va basculer peu à peu dans l'horreur.
L'ultima spiaggia
Press kit includes: 1 booklet (production and biographical information), 8 black and white still photographs.