The Last Good Paradise: A Novel
Feb 2015 · St. Martin's Press
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The Last Good Paradise: A darkly humorous satire of modern restlessness and the search for utopia
From bestselling author Tatjana Soli, author of The Lotus Eaters and The Forgetting Tree, comes a wickedly funny and thought-provoking novel set on a remote South Pacific island resort. Here, a group of troubled dreamers must confront the possibility that their relentless pursuit of happiness may not lead to the fulfillment they seek.
Ann and Richard, a disillusioned Los Angeles power couple, impulsively abandon their life to seek a Robinson Crusoe-style idyll. Dex Cooper, frontman of the rock band Prospero, grapples with his fading stardom while his alluring young muse, Wende, grows increasingly ambitious. Loren, the French owner of the sauvage resort, has staged his own Gauguin-esque retreat from the world, only to find it impossible to truly disconnect. Titi, a descendant of Tahitian royalty and inheritor of the resort, must forge a sustainable future that honors the island's indigenous people, as her partner, Cooked, is torn between anarchy and desire.
By turns tragic and hilarious, The Last Good Paradise explores the modern complexities and contradictions that spark our often misguided quests for meaning and connection in an increasingly networked yet isolating world. Soli's satirical storytelling offers a poignant reflection on our discontents and the hope for redemption.
From bestselling author Tatjana Soli, author of The Lotus Eaters and The Forgetting Tree, comes a wickedly funny and thought-provoking novel set on a remote South Pacific island resort. Here, a group of troubled dreamers must confront the possibility that their relentless pursuit of happiness may not lead to the fulfillment they seek.
Ann and Richard, a disillusioned Los Angeles power couple, impulsively abandon their life to seek a Robinson Crusoe-style idyll. Dex Cooper, frontman of the rock band Prospero, grapples with his fading stardom while his alluring young muse, Wende, grows increasingly ambitious. Loren, the French owner of the sauvage resort, has staged his own Gauguin-esque retreat from the world, only to find it impossible to truly disconnect. Titi, a descendant of Tahitian royalty and inheritor of the resort, must forge a sustainable future that honors the island's indigenous people, as her partner, Cooked, is torn between anarchy and desire.
By turns tragic and hilarious, The Last Good Paradise explores the modern complexities and contradictions that spark our often misguided quests for meaning and connection in an increasingly networked yet isolating world. Soli's satirical storytelling offers a poignant reflection on our discontents and the hope for redemption.
About the author
TATJANA SOLI is a novelist and short story writer. Her New York Times bestselling debut novel, The Lotus Eaters, was the winner of the James Tait Black Prize, a New York Times Notable Book, and a finalist for the LA Times Book Award. Her critically acclaimed second novel The Forgetting Tree was also a New York Times Notable book . Her stories have appeared in Zyzzyva, Boulevard, and The Sun, and have been listed in Best American Short Stories. She lives with her husband in Southern California.
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