Sentences with phrase «age novel set»

Gardam's first novel for adults, God on the Rocks (1978), a coming - of - age novel set in the 1930s, was adapted for television in 1992.

Eleanor Henderson, TEN THOUSAND SAINTS (Ecco) In her vibrant debut, a sweeping coming - of - age novel set against the pulsing New York City punk scene of the late 1980s, Eleanor Henderson brings to life both a set of achingly real characters and the unique time in which they lived.

Filled with warmth and humor, this coming - of - age novel set in a Dublin boys» school is a sprawling homage to adolescence, string theory, doughnuts, and unrequited love.

I have not been disappointed in my recent selection of Caroline Leavitt's Cruel, Beautiful World, a coming - of - age novel set against the backdrop of the late»60s.

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This is the romance saga of a woman who falls in love with an emotionally damaged billionaire manchild and sets out to heal him, a trope of romance novels for ages.

Based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 science fiction novel (though it departs from the original story in quite a few places), Ender's Game is set in a future where a bug - like alien race has attacked the Earth, and talented children are selected at an early age to train for battle through a series of war games.

Based on André Aciman's 2007 novel of the same name, Call Me By Your Name is a queer coming - of - age love story that's as languorous and seductive as its North Italian setting.

Heller's adaptation of Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel is an emotionally honest and refreshingly liberated coming - of - age tale set in the golden - hued and drug - soaked San Francisco of the 1970s.

Right from the moment we first saw her at age 13 in Atonement as the worryingly precocious younger sister at the big house, she's always seemed someone set apart, which makes playing an ordinary Irish village girl in this adaptation of Colm Tóibín's noted novel the sort of challenge which might just set the agenda for the rest of her career.

Based on the novel by Philip Roth, Indignation is set in 1951 and focuses on Marcus (Lerman), the 18 - year - old son of a kosher butcher in Newark who grapples with anti-Semitism, sexual repression and the escalating Korean War as he comes of age at a Midwestern Lutheran college.

«Call Me By Your Name» is a coming - of - age bisexual love story set in Italy in 1983, directed by Luca Guadagnino, based on André Aciman's novel and starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg.

First up from Deadline is news that Steinfeld is in early talks to join Ten Thousand Saints, a feature adaptation of Eleanor Henderson's 2011 novel set in 1980s New York City, an age encapsulated by CBGB, yuppies and gentrification, all leading to 1988 ′ s Tompkins Square Park riots.

With Carol, Burwell has created an affective set of rhythmic cello, contemplative piano and woodwind to capture the tortured 1950s romance between two women of varying ages in this feature adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Price of Salt.

WWII drama Walking With the Enemy and middle ages set The Physician (based on Noah Gordon's best - selling novel) are set to be released later this year.

The coming - of - age drama is based on Robert Lipsyte's young - adult novel One Fat Summer set in the 1970s, Deadline reported.

With this sumptuous romance, he meticulously adapted the work of another great New York artist, Edith Wharton, bringing to life her tragic novel set in the cloistered world of Gilded Age Manhattan.

Contents of this guide run as follows: * Visual summary of plot * Storyboard resource for students to then recall the plot and key events from memory * Form and structure comprehension questions * Settings questions * Context (students explore key issues raised in the play such as youth stereotypes, gang culture, growing violence in the age of the internet etc) * Symbols and Motifs - lots of information about symbols and motifs in the play, followed by a revision activity * Key Quotes - Students explore key quotes through analysis of their meaning and significance, quotes are broken down chapter by chapter and provide thematic links etc. * Themes - Students make connections between themes, characters and events in the novel * Characterisation - Students have to complete a character profile for all the main characters using the study tasks provided * Key Terminology - Exploring some key terminology and vocabulary that will deepen their understanding of the play as well as impress examiners.

It's a historical novel set in the medieval period (telling the story of the real King Richard III), so I'm booking stalls at every appropriate medieval festival; it's a book aimed primarily at children aged 10 and up, so I'm making overtures to local schools about author visits and to libraries; I'm attending events at my first literature festival next week to meet and network with local authors and hand out some leaflets (maybe even sell a copy or two).

Bradford Tatum's fresh and captivating debut novel, Only the Dead Know Burbank, is set during the Golden Age of Hollywood — where film's most famous monsters were created.

Doig's latest historical novel set in the fictional Two Medicine Country in northern Montana stars an affable bartender and his precocious 12 - year - old son, whose coming - of - age takes place in a saloon.

Okparanta's debut novel is a touching coming - of - age story set during and after the Nigerian Civil War.

Meanwhile, remember you can pre-order Between Mountain and Sea, my coming of age science fiction novel and Butler's Brother, the short story I collaborated on with my daughter, Ashley Angelly — both set in the Paradisi Chronicles universe.

He is the author of the novels WITCH CITY: CARDINAL, the launch of a paranormal detective series; THE TRIP, a coming - of - age story set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse; and IC9: A CYBERPUNK DETECTIVE STORY.

My first published novel — Not So Long Ago, Not So Far Away — is a quirky, coming - of - age story set in the summer of 1977.

It takes place during the Golden Age of Narnia, with the Pevensies reigning in their prime, although the story is actually set in the countries to the south of Narnia, which provides for a rather different feel to much of this novel.

Set in the 1980s, Maynard's novel is part coming - of - age, part love story, part page - turner.

An Evening of Long Goodbyes by Paul Murray Murray is best known for his excellent second novel, Skippy Dies, but his charming, Wodehous - ian debut, set in a crumbling Irish mansion, is a social satire for the ages.

A fully realized, almost Gothic setting breathes life into the mythic underpinnings of this coming - of - age novel.

DeWoskin's novel evokes high school life with a kind of biting cynicism while it simultaneously offers a hopeful coming - of - age story with a performing arts setting that will appeal to fans of the television shows Fame and Glee.

On returning to England in 1999, she began writing Troll Fell, a folklore - based fantasy novel for children set in the Viking age.

Fans of Sue Monk Kidd's Secret Life of Bees and Beth Hoffman's Saving CeeCee Honeycutt shouldn't miss the first novel from McNeal, a touching coming - of - age story set in Civil Rights Era New Orleans.

Here are five of my favorite novels set in Gilded Age New York.

M. Allen Cunningham's debut novel The Green Age of Asher Witherow, set in nineteenth - century Northern California, was a # 1 Book Sense Pick and a finalist for the 2005 Book Sense Book of the Year Award alongside Marilynne... (more)

A historical novel set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, it followed a young Wisconsin woman's quest for fame and fortune.

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation Set during the Revolutionary War, this inventive coming - of - age novel examines issues of class and race though the story of Octavian, a young black boy.

Chinelo Okparanta's debut novel Under the Udala Trees is a heartfelt coming - of - age story set in Nigeria.

We're All Wonders by R.J. Palacio (Knopf, 3/28) Speaking of wonderful books being adapted for a younger set, Palacio brings the «Choose Kind» movement from her bestselling middle grade novel Wonder (soon to be a major motion picture) to kids age 4 to 8.

The New York Times bestselling author of A Certain Age transports readers to lush, lawless Prohibition - era Florida in this rich historical novel — an intricate blend of suspense, betrayal, and redemption set among the rum runners and scoundrels of a paradise far from home.

The New York Times bestselling author of A CERTAIN AGE transports readers to sunny Florida in this lush and enthralling historical novel — an enchanting blend of love, suspense, betrayal and redemption set among the rumrunners and scoundrels of Prohibition - era Cocoa Beach.

Charlie Smith's novel Ginny Gall is a coming - of - age story set in the early 20th century, revolving around the experiences of a black «everyman» named Delvin Walker.

Set in rural Georgia in the 1960s, BREAKING TWIG is a coming - of - age novel about Becky (Twig) Cooper, a young woman trying to survive the physical and emotional abuse of her mother, Helen, a beautiful, calculating woman who can, with a mere look, send the meanest cur in Sugardale, Georgia running for its life.

Pratchett's third YA novel set in Discworld, his best yet, finds apprentice - witch Tiffany Aching fumbling into the role of an age - old goddess, creating a cosmic disturbance that she must correct.

Set against the backdrop of the globalization crisis, Edmundo Paz Soldán's latest novel is a modern chapter in the age - old fight between oppressed and oppressor.

A promising talent makes her electrifying debut with this unforgettable novel, set in the Alaskan wilderness, that is a fusion of psychological thriller and coming - of - age tale in the vein of Jennifer McMahon, Chris Bohjalian, and Mary Kubica.

Fantasy novel, first in a new series set in the aftermath of the author's «Age of Darkness» trilogy, about a minority population with magical abilities in a society trying to eradicate magic.

Fantasy novel, first in a new series set in the aftermath of the author's «Age of Darkness» trilogy, about a minority population with magical abilities in a society

Umberto Eco is famous for his first novels set in the Middle Age and titled The Name of the Rose.

The challenge is the crux of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), an event that fosters creativity and community among writers of all ages and skill sets.

With a voice as distinctive and original as that of The Lovely Bones, and for the fans of the speculative fiction of Margaret Atwood, Karen Thompson Walker's The Age of Miracles is a luminous, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered worAge of Miracles is a luminous, haunting, and unforgettable debut novel about coming of age set against the backdrop of an utterly altered worage set against the backdrop of an utterly altered world.