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As the radiation approaches each person deals with. The novel details the experiences of a mixed group of people in melbourne as they await the arrival of deadly radiation spreading towards them from the northern hemisphere, following a nuclear war a year previously. Both gripping and intensely moving, its impact is unforgettable. An american submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in. On the beach nevil shute norway ebook legimi online. The book on the beach by nevil shute was written during the cold war, five years before the cuban missile crisis, and it is clear that after hiroshima and nagasaki, as well as the creation of the soviet atomic bomb, nuclear war feared and still fears the whole world. Following his childhood passion, he entered the fledgling aircraft industry as an aeronautical engineer working to develop airships and, later, airplanes. Shute s works are always written in an easily readable style that appealed to all classes of readers. Read a plot overview of the entire book or a chapter by chapter summary and analysis. Read on the beach by nevil shute norway available from rakuten kobo. I echo everyone else the kindle version published by ball99 and distributed by amazon is not the original book by nevil shute. Written in 1957 by britishaustralian author nevil shute 18991960, on the beach is a postapocalyptic novel, which details the experiences of a mixed group of people in melbourne after a preceding nuclear war and the subsequent arrival of deadly radiation. He studied engineering science at balliol college, oxford.
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