"There's this saying: in an all-blue world, colour doesn't exist... If something seems strange, you question it; but if the outside world is too distant to use as a comparison then nothing seems strange." #AlexGarland #TheBeach
"There's this saying: in an all-blue world, colour doesn't exist... If something seems strange, you question it; but if the outside world is too distant to use as a comparison then nothing seems strange." #AlexGarland #TheBeach
Reading on the beach. Best place on earth. #Reading #TheBeach #RogerWheelerBeach #RhodeIsland #SandInMyToes #MyHappyPlace
A beautiful story set on the beaches of Liguria. A long life friendship, who finds it and wants to go back to revive the beautiful youth. #book #booklover #booklover #cesarepavese #read #ioleggoperche #leggere #thebeach
'Escape through travel works. Almost from the moment I boarded my flight, life in England became meaningless. Seat-belt signs lit up, problems switched off. Broken armrests took precedence over broken hearts. By the time the plane was airborne I'd forgotten England even existed.' - Richard
#alexgarland #thebeach #bookworm #bibliophile #booknerd #bookish #booklover
Opening line: "They first I heard of the beach was in Bangkok, on the Khoi San Road." #thebeach #alexgarland #penguinbooks #book #bookish #bookgnome #firstline #bookcover