The Society of Others

by William Nicholson

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He has nowhere to go. So he goes there. The narrator of The Society of Others is an alienated young man who sees no meaning in life. He doesn't even see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. To get his family off his back, he embarks on an aimless hitchhiking adventure around Europe. But his journey soon turns into an orgy of violence...

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dsc73277 Rhodes is slightly more edgy linguistically and Nicholson is a bit more family friendly, but both these books take an entertaining, and at times moving, approach to exploring the meaning of life.

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He has nowhere to go. So he goes there. The narrator of The Society of Others is an alienated young man who sees no meaning in life. He doesn't even see the point of getting out of bed in the morning. To get his family off his back, he embarks on an aimless hitchhiking adventure around Europe. But his journey soon turns into an orgy of violence...
This was a very interesting book - not what I expected at all going into the first chapter. I enjoyed the characters adventures into the unknown though the ending is a bit confusing. I would still recommend it - if only to get someone else to read it and explain the ending to me.
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Aquest llibre és una al·legoria de la vida, de la necessitat d'apreciar allò que tenim, de valorar les persones que ens envolten i per això, crec, el protagonitza un adolescent apàtic que es troba, sense saber-ho, en un país de l'est en estat d'excepció. S'ha de reconèixer que és original i que atrapa, però potser les aventures m'han agradat menys que les seves reflexions i les dels personatges que va trobant. El fet de parlar en present tota l'estona també és fa feixuc.
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SO GOOD! I thought it would be dystopian, but it deals with modern-day problems without heavily engaging in the relationship between humans and technology. "Life is hard and then you die". I wish I never lost this amazing work!
Excellent fable for the modern mindset, in which everyone feels that the larger problems of the planet and the population are someone else's problem.
Tras acabar sus estudios en la universidad, un joven británico recibe mil libras de su padre para que viva su última gran aventura antes de empezar la vida en serio. Pero lo que sería una gran noticia para la mayoría resulta un incordio para este tipo extraño y ensimismado, que encuentra el equilibrio recluido en su cuarto, sin ver ni hablar con nadie, y que se niega a revelar su nombre. No obstante, la presión familiar lo echa prácticamente a la carretera, y a partir de entonces, el forzado viajero emprende un camino sin retorno, a modo de perturbadora metáfora sobre las vicisitudes que moldean la vida de una persona.

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William Nicholson worked for the BBC as the director/producer of more than forty documentary films, and has authored screenplays for such feature films as Shadowlands, Sarafina!, Nell, First Knight, and Gladiator, as well as books one and two of The Wind on Fire trilogy, The Wind Singer and Slaves of the Mastery. Mr. Nicholson lives with his show more family in England show less

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Canonical title
The Society of Others
Original publication date
2004
People/Characters
Narrator; Leon Vicino
First words
I'm writing this by the light of a new day, with a pen on paper, the old way.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)So begns the mystery and the adventure of going home.

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6064 .I235 .S63Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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201
Popularity
162,179
Reviews
8
Rating
½ (3.43)
Languages
8 — Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Spanish
Media
Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
ISBNs
21
ASINs
1