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Gerald Kingsland (1930–2000)

Auteur van The Islander

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Werken van Gerald Kingsland

The Islander (1984) 19 exemplaren
The Voyager (1987) 2 exemplaren
In Quest of Glory 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Kinglsland, Gerald W.
Geboortedatum
1930-03-08
Overlijdensdatum
2000-03-20
Graflocatie
Bromyard, Herefodshire, England, UK (ashes scattered)
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Geboorteplaats
Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Plaats van overlijden
London, England, UK
Woonplaatsen
Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Italy
Tuin Island
Western Samoa
Relaties
Irvine, Lucy (companion)
Kingsland, Rosemary (wife)
Korte biografie
Kingsland was a journalist who left his career to live as "a modern Robinson Crusoe" on various South Pacific islands. He advertised for women to be his companions on these adventures. Lucy Irvine wrote a best-selling memoir of her time with him on the deserted island Tuin.

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This is the "male" side of the Castaway story, and it does provide his version of the tale. For anyone who hasn't read the original book or seen the Oliver Reed movie from the 1980s, it's about a man who decides to live on a deserted island for a year. He advertises for a female companion and ends up with Lucy Irvine, a complete stranger to him. The two of them end up living their adventure on an island, where they bicker and need help when food starts to run out.

This isn't fiction, it's a real-life tale that truly shows Men Are From Mars and Women Are From Venus. I really enjoyed reading Kingsland's version as it also explains his background and what he was looking for on the adventure, which was really different than what she was looking for on the island.

Read the book then see if you can download the movie (British, 1987). I'll bet you will want to at least take an island vacation, but perhaps not on deserted island.

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Gold_Gato | Sep 16, 2013 |

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Werken
3
Leden
22
Populariteit
#553,378
Waardering
½ 3.5
Besprekingen
1
ISBNs
4