The Tesseract (novel)

The Tesseract

First edition (UK)
Author Alex Garland
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Viking Press (UK)
Riverhead Books (US)
Publication date
1998 (UK), 1999 (US)
Media type Print (paperback)
Pages 226
ISBN 0-670-87016-1
OCLC 40360022

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

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.

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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