- Mass Market Paperback: 279 pages
- Publisher: Ballantine Books; Reissue edition (Mar 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0345353749
- ISBN-13: 978-0345353740
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,127,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Remarkable books...I share a fierce personal regard for Nevil Shute This direct, simply told story is about honest, dogged virtues, at least as redolent of its era as street parties or 'We'll Meet Again' The Times A Town like Alice is the most romantic book I've ever read...Jean's determination to survive is inspirational, and the love she finds later is beautiful Mail on Sunday A ripping tale of budding romance and grace under pressure The Times That supreme storyteller, Nevil Shute...I could hardly bear to put the book down. I read it voraciously for days The Times A heart-rending tale of torture, human fortitude and forbearance, inhumanity and hardship Sunday Times
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'Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language... remarkable' John Ezard, Guardian
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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
(This review is for the 'Vintage Shute' / Eric Lomax edition published September 2009, with a silhouette on the cover).
I bought this book for myself to replace a long lost copy, and looked forward to reading it again. I am so disappointed that so much has been removed from this copy, especially as it is described as a 'vintage classic' - I fail to understand how something can be described thus when it has been so altered. I'm irritated that it hasn't been described anywhere as being abridged. There really must be about a quarter of the book missing and it ends quite suddenly. I am writing to Amazon to suggest that they make it clear that this copy has been abridged because there really is absolutely no reason for it to be. I want to read a book as it has been written - I don't need somebody else to decide that I don't really need to read great chunks of it!!
I bought this book for myself to replace a long lost copy, and looked forward to reading it again. I am so disappointed that so much has been removed from this copy, especially as it is described as a 'vintage classic' - I fail to understand how something can be described thus when it has been so altered. I'm irritated that it hasn't been described anywhere as being abridged. There really must be about a quarter of the book missing and it ends quite suddenly. I am writing to Amazon to suggest that they make it clear that this copy has been abridged because there really is absolutely no reason for it to be. I want to read a book as it has been written - I don't need somebody else to decide that I don't really need to read great chunks of it!!
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just re-read this book for the umpteenth time and I still love it as much as I did after reading it the first time. One of the really powerful features of this book is the fact that although the book is fiction, the foundation of the story is based on the experience of countless women and children who found themselves captured by the Japanese during World War 2.
I'd say that this book has everything. It's a book about remarkable survival and remarkable people. It's an adventure book. It's a love story. The characters are very sympathetic and you can't help liking them and hoping that they find happiness. It's one of the few books I've read that I've actually wanted a sequel to.
For a man of his generation I also think that Mr Shute wrote about Jean Paget with an insight that's second to none. I'm well impressed.
On a whole, it's a very well written page-turner that I thoroughly enjoy every time I pick it up.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read and reread this book over many years. Once you become a fan of Nevil Shute you will want to read all his books. Take it on holiday and give it your all. Let yourself be submersed in the period; a different age to now with a different style of hero. This story is of ordinary people, with an extrarordinary tale to tell. A meeting of 2 people, both victims of the Japanese, who fall in love under the harshest of conditions and then do it all over again, 6 years later when the war is over. Read it more than once to get the full benefit.And then go onto read more from the famous author, who had so many qualities and gifts. How could he be an engineer, serve in secret operations in the war, be a sailor and a pilot and go on long distance air ship travel, as well as write all these novels.
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An enjoyable, if old fashioned, story
It seems that I've always known of this novel, but never really known what it was about. I decided to change that recently and discovered an amazing story about the Japanese... Read more
Published 2 days ago by Alison McVey
Nevill Shute classics - a must read
Neville Shute is in my opinion one of the best author ever. His books absorb you into the story from almost the first page. They are descriptive, but not over the top. Read more
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good author great book well worth reading it is probably better than the film which is also a classic. he is an author who has been a bit eclipsed by more voguish writers
Published 3 months ago by Peter Wrapson
One of Shute's weaker novels
There is little doubt in my mind that Shute's output deteriorated in quality after he emigrated to Australia. Read more
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I was left this 'talking book' by a family friend along with several others in her will. I have read it before and have seen the film but to me, it's one of those books that you... Read more
Published 7 months ago by janemarion
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I read this book for my Book Club and conclude that life is definitely too short to have spent some of it reading this. Read more
Published 8 months ago by profilea2
Nevil Shute at his best
I couldn't put this book down... I would certainly say it rates among some of the best I've ever read.
Published 12 months ago by nicojean
Oh My Word...(warning: contains spoilers)
I cannot for the life of me understand why this ghastly, outdated novel is still (or ever has been) considered a classic. Read more
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