Hitomi Hirosuke, a penniless writer who dreams of building his own utopia, discovers he is the double of a dead millionaire and takes his place after digging up the grave. With the fortune he builds a vast artificial island of panoramas, fireworks and underwater wonders, until a former colleague sees through him.
Books mentioned in The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (4)
Voyage in Icaria by Etienne Cabet: “Among such works he was drawn more to Morris's News from Nowhere than to Cabet's Voyage in Icaria, and more than to Morris, to Edgar Poe's The Domain of Arnheim. [auto-translated]”
News from Nowhere by William Morris: “Among such works he was drawn more to Morris's News from Nowhere than to Cabet's Voyage in Icaria, and more than to Morris, to Edgar Poe's The Domain of Arnheim. [auto-translated]”
The Domain of Arnheim by Edgar Allan Poe: “Among such works he was drawn more to Morris's News from Nowhere than to Cabet's Voyage in Icaria, and more than to Morris, to Edgar Poe's The Domain of Arnheim. [auto-translated]”
The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe: “Many of you, dear readers, have probably read Poe's short story The Premature Burial, and know well the horror of being buried alive while only apparently dead. [auto-translated]”