The Tesseract
The Tesseract by Alex Garland is an Open Market Edition published by Penguin in 1999, featuring 225 pages in English. This novel presents a complex narrative set in the Philippines, intertwining the lives of characters across three generations. The story unfolds through the perspectives of gangsters navigating the streets of Manila, suburban parents settling their children for the night, and a psychologist studying the dreams of street kids, creating a rich tapestry of interconnected fates.
Readers will find that The Tesseract explores themes of science and religion, as well as the interplay between free will and destiny. The beautifully crafted prose and suspenseful storytelling invite reflection on the nature of meaning in life. This edition offers a unique glimpse into Garland’s literary range, distinct from his previous work, The Beach, while maintaining a focus on contemporary issues and human experiences.
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Alex Garland’s international bestseller, The Beach, received extraordinary praise, and his writing was compared to Hemingway, Greene, Conrad, Golding, and Huxley. His new novel, The Tesseract, is a bold departure from The Beach, and demonstrates the enormous range of Garland’s talent.
The Tesseract is a Chinese puzzle of a novel, beautifully written and suspensefully crafted. Set in the Philippines and spanning three generations, it follows three stories whose characters’ fates are intertwined: gangsters on a chase through the streets of Manila; middle-class parents putting their children to bed in the suburbs; and a couple of street kids and the wealthy psychologist who is studying their dreams. It is a novel that balances science against religion, and our wills against our fates, asking the ever elusive question of where meaning lies.
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