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Chargement... The Strange Land (1954)par Hammond Innes
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Three people waited in the dingy waterfront bar for the man arriving from England. But the stranger's arrival was only the first step in an adventure that leads from the Tangier dockside to the strange land of Berbers Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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This book is fun to read and takes you back to what was for it the contemporary setting of the early to mid 1950s. The residue of the war years lingers over the politics and the people of the story. Casablanca and Marrakesh and Tangier fill out the exotic place names, alongside the Atlas Mountains and wastes of the desert. Deserted ancient cities and the prospects for lost mines and archeaological treasures are part of the atmosphere. Within it are two love stories. One of a Czech scientist on the run from Communist agents with his wife. Another about a troubled missionary and the brokenhearted sister of a friend.
I have seen this scenario develop in literally dozens of postwar adventure films and novels. And I've enjoyed most of them. The Strange Land didn't let me down either. ( )