The Tesseract (novel)

The Tesseract is a novel by Alex Garland. It was initially published by Viking Press in 1998.[1][2]

The Tesseract
First edition (UK)
AuthorAlex Garland
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherViking Press (UK)
Riverhead Books (US)
Publication date
1998 (UK), 1999 (US)
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages226
ISBN0-670-87016-1
OCLC40360022

Overview

The story intertwines the lives of Manila gangsters, mothers and street children. The novel chronicles numerous characters in non-linear storylines and explores themes of love, fate, violence, power, and choices. It is Garland's second novel.

The term 'tesseract' is used for the three-dimensional net of the four-dimensional hypercube rather than the hypercube itself. It is a metaphor for the characters' inability to understand the causes behind the events which shape their lives: they can only visualize the superficial world they inhabit.

Adaptation

The book was adapted into a film, The Tesseract, which changed the setting to Bangkok. It was directed by Oxide Pang and starred Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Saskia Reeves.

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References
  1. "The Tesseract by Alex Garland". Goodreads. goodreads.com. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  2. KAKUTANI, MICHIKO (February 16, 1999). "3 Story Lines and a 4th Dimension". nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved 2 November 2016.


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