The Rainbow and the Rose

A classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach.When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, endeavours to fly a doctor in to help but this proves more difficult than he imagined. As he waits overnight at Pascoe's house in order to try again the next day Clarke revisits the past of this unusual man - and reveals the shocking and tragic secrets that have influenced his life.

“Shute was a brilliant storyteller and terrific example for any writer”

That supreme storyteller, Nevil Shute The Times
-- Gerald Seymour Express
Nevil Shute made me yearn for a faithful, plodding, Shute-type of man. I imagined us trekking across the Australian outback, finding a run-down hamlet, and then transforming it together until death or flood parted us -- Sue Townshed The Times

Nevil Shute was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) and On the Beach (1957).

'That supreme storyteller , Nevil Shute' The Times When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, endeavours to fly a doctor in to help but this proves more difficult than he imagined. As he waits overnight at Pascoe's house in order to try again the next day Clarke revisits the past of this unusual man - and reveals the shocking and tragic secrets that have influenced his life. See Also: In the Wet

English summary: It is certain that our thought is dependent on language, but at the same time it must defy the ambiguity and temptations, which every language contains. Ernst Heitsch places these doubtful facts in his study for discussion and considers the history of the concept of truth from a philological perspective. German description: Zwar ist unser Denken auf die Sprache angewiesen, doch gleichzeitig muss es sich der Unklarheiten und Verfuhrungen, die jede Sprache beinhaltet, erwehren. Diese fragwurdige Tatsache stellt Ernst Heitsch in seinem Vortrag zur Diskussion und betrachtet die Geschichte des Wahrheitsbegriffs aus philologischer Sicht.

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