by Alex Garland · Pearson Education Limited · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582435674
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«The Beach» is a level 6 graded reader from Penguin Readers, an adaptation of Alex Garland's novel, in paperback (112 pages, in English).
In Bangkok, a mysterious traveler gives Richard a map to a secret island that is legendary among backpackers. Richard sets off in search of it, convinced he has found paradise, but life on the island soon reveals a dark side and the adventure turns into an unsettling experience.
Adapted edition of Alex Garland's original novel, published in 1996; the cover announces its movie adaptation by Twentieth Century Fox.
Aimed at students of English as a foreign language who want to practice reading with an adventure story.
Alexander Medawar Garland is an English author and filmmaker. He rose to prominence with his novel The Beach (1996). He received praise for writing the Danny Boyle films 28 Days Later (2002) and its sequel, 28 Years Later (2025), and Sunshine (2007), as well as Never Let Me Go (2010) and Dredd (2012). In video games, he co-wrote Enslaved: Odyssey to the West (2010) and was a story supervisor on DmC: Devil May Cry (2013).
