The First Day in Paradise
Published on 26. February 2016
424 pages
978-1-78535-236-2 (ISBN)
Description
The First Day in Paradise tells the story of a young orphaned family who have been passed on from one set of relations to another, and whose eldest sibling, Adam, becomes enthralled by the impending opening nearby of a gigantic and beautiful shopping-mall by a flamboyant entrepreneur. To the consternation of his aunt and uncle, who run a small business, he joins the staff of one of its stores, and begins a dizzying ascent through the ranks, until circumstances induce him to question whether his entire value-system has become corrupted. Functioning both as social-economic critique, and as a personal moral fable about the conjuration of ambition from present-day consumer culture, The First Day in Paradise is an engrossing and layered tale loosely modelled on Dante's Paradiso, but most of all it's simply a great read.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Collective Ink
File size
2,12 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78535-236-2 (9781785352362)
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Stuart Walton
First Day in Paradise, The
Book
02/2016
John Hunt Publishing
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Person
Stuart Walton has been a journalist and author since 1991, when he began writing about wine and reviewing restaurants. Since then, his work has broadened to encompass philosophical and cultural-historical themes. He lives in Torquay.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Chapter 1: Mount Purgatory
- Chapter 2: The Sphere of Fire
- Chapter 3: Inconstant
- Chapter 4: Ambitious
- Chapter 5: The Lovers I
- Chapter 6: The Lovers II
- Chapter 7: The Wise I
- Chapter 8: The Wise II
- Chapter 9: Warriors of the Faith
- Chapter 10: Just Rulers
- Chapter 11: Contemplatives
- Chapter 12: Faith, Hope and Love
- Chapter 13: Angels
- Chapter 14: The Empyrean
