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| Author | Nevil Shute |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | John Rowland[1] |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Apocalyptic novel |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1957 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages | 312 pp |
| Text | On the Beach online |
On the Beach is an apocalyptic novel published in 1957, written by British author Nevil Shute after he emigrated to Australia. 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 some years previous. As the radiation approaches, each person deals with impending death differently.[2][3]
Shute's initial story was published as a four-part series, The Last Days on Earth, in the London weekly periodical Sunday Graphic, in April 1957. For the novel, Shute expanded the storyline.[4] The story has been adapted twice as a film (in 1959 and 2000) and once as a BBC radio broadcast in 2008.
- ^ "Beautiful British Book Jacket Design of the 1950s and 1960s". Existential Ennui. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
- ^ Weaver, Roslyn (2011). "Nevil Shute: On the Beach (1957)". Apocalypse in Australian Fiction and Film: A Critical Study. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. pp. 62–71. ISBN 978-0-7864-6051-9.
- ^ Brian Melican. "On the Beach Book Review". The Neville Shute Foundation. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- ^ The entry "NORWAY, NEVIL SHUTE", on p. 456 of the "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1957" by Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Retrieved from Google Books, 8 May 2012.