Найти книгу: "From Eden and Back: The Incredible Misadventures of Billy Barker"

When John Randolph Price read Candide&ndash;written by Voltaire in 1759 and considered a remarkable satiric novel even to this day&mdash;he was inspired to write a similar parody for our time. He would take the basic elements of Candide and weave them into a book of comic criticism of today&#39;s contemporary life.<br><br>Price&#39;s tale carries symbolic heros through bizarre experiences and disastrous adventures to satirize religious and political extremism, criminal absurdities, strange beliefs, and curious lifestyles as he builds the philosophical and spiritual foundation toward a startling conclusion. The characters are comical, the action filled with ironic twists and turns as the heros frantically search for the meaning of God, life, and this world.<br><br>With exaggeration and farcical stretches of imagination, the barbs fly at everything considered sacred. Ultimately they find the Master Teacher who has all the answers. It is an exciting journey to the hidden garden where the mysteries of life are finally understood.

Полный вариант заголовка: «A true and almost incredible report of an Englishman, that (being cast away in the good ship called the Assention in Cambaya, the farthest part of the East Indies) travelled by land through many unknowne kingdomes, and great cities : with a particular description of all those kingdomes, cities, and people : as alson a relation of their commodities and manner of traffique, and at what seasons of the year they are most in vse. faithfully related : with a discovery of a great Emperour called the Great Mogoll, a prince not till now knowne to our English nation / by captaine Robert Coverte».

Billy Elliot elab vaesuses vaevlevas Yorkshire’i soekaevanduslinnas. Tema isa tahab, et poiss opiks poksimist nagu temagi, kuid Billyl on muud motted. Saanud innustust kohalikult opetajalt, on ta votnud nouks sootuks teistsuguse tuleviku poole tantsida. Melvin Burgess on Lee Halli originaalkasikirja alusel kirjutatud romaanis tabanud suureparaselt nii filmi kui ka muusikali hinge.