TY - BOOK AU - Hunt Roderick AU - Alex Brychta TI - On the Sand SN - 9780198406969 U1 - TR:420 PY - 2012/// CY - China PB - Oxford University Press KW - English-short story reading book N2 - "On the Beach" by Nevil Shute is a post-apocalyptic novel set in Australia after a nuclear war has destroyed the Northern Hemisphere. The story follows a group of people in Melbourne as they await the radioactive cloud heading south, bringing certain death. The novel explores human resilience and the search for meaning in the face of impending doom, examining love, morality, and the fragility of life ER -