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The Man from Nowhere
Author: Bernard Smith
Genre: thriller
Characters: In my book, there are six characters:
The man – he is the most important because he’s the principal
character. We don’t know his name because he’s amnesiac. But we know that he’s the pilot of a plane.
The woman – She’s the man’s wife. Her name is unknown.
Andy – he’s the man’s son.
Inspector Ibrahim
Nurse Imelda
Dr Singh
Story:
The scene takes place in the desert of the Wahiba Sands.
The Man from Nowhere relates the story of a man, his wife, and his son who want to go to Tehran with their plane. But the man crashed the plane in the Wahiba sands… The family is in a sand desert without food and without water. So the man decides to walk alone in the desert in order to find help.
My Opinion:
I think The Man from Nowhere is a good book because it is easy to understand the English. The story isn’t very long and the pictures can help the reader.
Posted by: Pauline Hallé
Title: The Man from Nowhere
Author: Bernard Smith
Genre: Thriller
Main Characters: The pilot is a man. He’s one metre 57 fall and weighs about 70 kilos. He has short, dark hair, brown eyes, a small moustache and a short beard. He has a wife and a son, but we only know their names at the end, when he remembers what has happened during his trip. His name’s Christos Bardis and he’s a Greek millionaire.
His wife is called Morphia and she has long blond hair. She is thin and beautiful. She’s stayed near the plane while her husband went to look for help.
His son’s name is Andy, he had short blond hair and he’s very intelligent because he saved his mother and himself.
Setting:
Story: A pilot went on holiday to India with his wife and son in their plane, but the plan hit some birds. They hit the pilot in the face and he couldn’t fly the plane. He crashed the plane in the Wahiba sands, in the desert. The radio was broken, so he had to find a solution to survive. He decided to go for help, he knew the sea was to the east and he decided to walk.
At about 6 o’clock he was badly burnt by the sun and some people found him. They brought him to the hospital in Muscat but he was in a coma. Will he wake up? Will he be able to save his wife and his son’s life? Will they die?
Opinion: I find this book very interesting with an original story and structure. The story is cut into different parts with a linking of the story, which is well written, which makes the book very captivating. Then there is also suspense because we don’t know the pilot’s name and we know nothing of him. So we can belong to the story because we uncover the truth with Inspector Ibrahim and Doctor Singh. It’s not a detective story but the book keeps a secret, which improves the reading of it. It also depends on the survival of the wife and the son, so we absolutely must read to the end to know if they will die.
Otherwise it is easy to read because the author uses simple vocabulary and the pictures help us to understand the story.
To conclude, I liked this book very much, even if there are sometimes too many details. I’m very happy to have chosen this book.
Posted by: Chloé Gabillaud