Island is a novel by Jane Rogers, first published in 1999. It is a contemporary novel set on an isolated Scottish island, partly inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest.[1] It uses folk tales and short episodes of brutal psychological realism to describe the mental transformation of an angry young woman.
Author | Jane Rogers |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Little, Brown & Co. |
Publication date | 1999 |
Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback) |
Pages | 272 pp |
ISBN | 0-316-85153-1 |
The novel has been adapted for the film Island, which was released in 2011.[2][3][4]
Nikki Black, a disturbed and hate-filled young woman intent on punishing the mother who abandoned her at birth goes to the island with only one aim in mind: revenge. Her plans are confounded by the discovery that she has a brother, Calum: a brother strangely possessed by their mother; a brother with a terrifyingly violent streak; a brother whose dangerous love and strange way of seeing the world transform Nikki's life. The characters Calum and Phyllis are loosely based upon Caliban and Prospero.