Utopia regained in some way or other. One way might be a quest for an "earthly paradise"—a place like Shangri-La, hidden in the Tibetan mountains and described by James Hilton in his utopian novel "Lost Horizon" (1933). Christopher Columbus followed directly in this tradition in his belief that he had found the Garden of Eden when, towards the end of the 15th century, he first encountered the New World and its indigenous inhabitants. Utopia A utopia ( ) is an imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. The opposite of a utopia is
Another Day in Paradise (novel) on an ever-tightening spiral to hell, his crimes escalating until they include murder. The plot, which highlights Bobbie's increasing dependence on the highs of violence, emphasizes a frightening reality. On January 27, 2006, in the Moscow-based alternative newspaper "the eXile", essayist John Dolan leveled charges of plagiarism against James Frey, author of "A Million Little Pieces", accusing him of lifting material from "Another Day in Paradise" and another Little work, "Steel Toes". Neither Frey, nor his publisher Random House, have addressed the allegations of plagiarism. Another Day in Paradise (novel) Another Day in Paradise is a novel by Eddie Little