the tesseract (book)

by morfine • 26 Nov 2008, 19:30 • Journals
Could some1 tell me what the book is about ?
I can't find any summary's @ internet and i need to hold a presentation tomorow for english. The mark from the presentation counts pretty much so if any1 could help me telling what the book is about i would really appreciate it.

Greetzz
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sh1tty 26 Nov 2008, 19:33
lol, cheater
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unblind 26 Nov 2008, 19:33
The Tesseract is a 1998 English-language novel by Alex Garland. 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, adultery, fate, violence, power, and choices.

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.[
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morfine 26 Nov 2008, 19:51
thanks..could u find me some more ? perhaps how those characters get together ?
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unblind 26 Nov 2008, 19:55
yeah if you get the book theres like a little summary on the pags
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morfine 26 Nov 2008, 19:57
got the book..can't find a summary..only a small part @ the back which is only an introduction
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_gamboo 26 Nov 2008, 19:45
image: google
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morfine 26 Nov 2008, 19:49
find me a summary on the almighty google ..Like i didn't search for it.
I only found reviews
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_gamboo 26 Nov 2008, 19:59
reviews will tell you what it is about
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fakknick 26 Nov 2008, 19:57
whats that : book?
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evan 26 Nov 2008, 20:00
Read the opening pages. Try to identify any foreshadowing/framing techniques which implicate themes [in the novel as a whole] and of post-modernism. I would concrete on the non-linear narrative structure which obviously links it to the title.

I can't give you any specific advice without seeing the text. Personally, I wouldn't bother turning up if I were in your situation. Save yourself - and your teacher & classmates - the embarrassment.
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