That distinction belongs to Suzanne Collins —
the contemporary novelist who recently became only the sixth author to sell million e-books in Amazon's Kindle store.
Perhaps no other
contemporary novelist has managed to sustain a melancholy mood more convincingly than Hijuelos does in this haunting story of a Cuban composer whose life is an agonizing mix of joy and sadness, creativity and repression.
There are many recent novels in English, written by Indians, which reveal new dimensions of Indian religious life and illuminate the historical, philosophical, and religious studies of Hinduism: R. K. Narayan is one
contemporary novelist whose works have excited students to further study of Hinduism and Indian culture.
The contributions made to black women's literary tradition by the pioneering folklorist / storyteller Zora Neale Hurston and
contemporary novelist Alice Walker are assessed.
No contemporary novelist has been as consistent in his opposition to the more pernicious aspects of modernity than Dean Koontz.
But when the narrative form lacks integrity, as it seems to for many
contemporary novelists, it can not be insisted upon.
His roots are idiosyncratic, and few
contemporary novelists are as thematically ambitious.
Based on husband John Bayley's memoirs, Elegy for Iris and Iris: A Memoir, director and co-writer Richard Eyre successfully captures the eccentric intelligence of one of England's most respected
contemporary novelists.
Murakami, one of Japan's best - known
contemporary novelists and often touted... [Read more...]
Murakami, one of Japan's best - known
contemporary novelists and often touted as a candidate for the Nobel Prize in literature.
In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few
contemporary novelists are able to do.
She only queried agents from the acknowledgements sections of books by her favorite
contemporary novelists, or agents who represented her specific genre.
Not exact matches
In Charlotte Simmons, one finds all the features that have made Wolfe one of the greatest
contemporary North American
novelists: a plot that drives at breakneck speed through a major culture - shaping institution, an array of flawed yet yearning characters tested to the limits of their endurance, and startlingly authentic dialogue.
Awarded the Nobel Prize in 2003, South African
novelist J. M. Coetzee has long been a fierce if idiosyncratic moral voice in
contemporary literary circles.
But though Updike writes of
contemporary life, most critics have seen his interest in it as more than sociological and have rightly affirmed the
novelists religious underpinning, even while disputing the exact nature of his beliefs.
The most well - known
contemporary Slovenian authors include the philosopher Slavoj Žižek, the
novelist and translator Ales Steger as well as the children's book author and illustrator Lila Prap.
Though she made her name with the historical Slammerkin, Irish - Canadian
novelist Emma Donoghue is also known for her
contemporary fiction.
Louise Erdrich is one of the most gifted, prolific, and challenging of
contemporary Native American
novelists.
Now, other reviewers have weighed in — and most are enthusiastic about the idiosyncratic 1,100 page doorstop with more than 200 essays by
contemporary writers and academics, including
novelist Walter Mosley writing on what it means to be «hardboiled,»
novelist Mary Gaitskill on why Norman Mailer moves her, and humorist Sarah Vowell on «American Gothic» and kitsch.
If I hadn't known that the Irish
novelist Orna Ross also writes poetry, I'd have guessed it from the lyrical flow and language of this compelling
contemporary novel.
In a magnificent feat of re-creating sixteenth - century London and Stratford, bestselling biographer and
novelist Peter Ackroyd brings William Shakespeare to life in the manner of a
contemporary rather than a biographer.
From the book jacket: In a magnificent feat of recreating sixteenth - century London and Stratford, bestselling biographer and
novelist Peter Ackroyd brings William Shakespeare to life in the manner of a
contemporary rather than a biographer.
From one of Granta's Best of Young British
Novelists and Man Booker Prize nominee Sunjeev Sahota — a sweeping, urgent
contemporary epic, set against a vast geographical and historical canvas, astonishing for its richness and texture and scope, and for the utter immersiveness of its reading experience.
Wildly inventive and radically empathetic, steeped in Persian folklore and
contemporary Middle East history, Moon Brow is the great Iranian
novelist Shahriar Mandanipour's unforgettable epic of love, war, morality, faith, and family.
Pulitzer Prize - winning
novelist Richard Russo might well concede that he was a late bloomer — at least by the hurry - up - and - make - your - mark standards that pervade
contemporary culture.
Here are a few
contemporary highlights: Delilah S. Dawson, a sci - fi and fantasy
novelist, has written romance and erotica, and also a few Star Wars...
Early on in Stephen King's new novel, Bag of Bones, the narrator — a suspense
novelist living in New England — compares himself to his
contemporaries and comes up wanting.
By explaining the techniques of high - impact (and often best - selling) recent novels, expert author and literary agent Don Maass will push
novelists beyond genre boundaries, beyond outdated styles, beyond their safety zone to ways of writing fiction that are personal, unique,
contemporary, and excellent in ways that are both literary and commercial.
I love
contemporary English
novelists, and St. Aubyn may be the most dazzling.
Richly imagined, gothically spooky, and replete with the ingenious storytelling ability of a born
novelist, The Good Thief introduces one of the most appealing young heroes in
contemporary fiction and ratifies Hannah Tinti as one of our most exciting new talents.
Novelist and screenplay writer, Brenna Lauren Crowder, is preparing to release her first two commercial women's fiction novels as well as a
contemporary romance series.
Multi-award-winning
novelist, Gail Gaymer Martin is the author of Christian
contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and women's fiction with nearly 60 contracted novels and four million books in sold.
Welcome to the virtual home of USA Today bestselling
contemporary romance
novelist Courtney Hunt.
Both longtime romance readers, Bea is also a romance
novelist whose master's thesis focused on the use of historical fashion in Regency romance novels, while Lea is a fiber artist and quilter whose specialty is
contemporary romance and erotica.
Novelist Ayelet Waldman takes a detour from
contemporary fiction in her latest book, Love & Treasure.
Courtney Giardina, a
contemporary romance
novelist from New York, takes a solo trip to Wilmington, North Carolina and discovers the relaxing benefits of solo travel in this week's Women Who Travel Solo.
Tarek Abou El Fetouh (curator) John Akomfrah (artist and filmmaker) Rheim Alkadhi (artist) Noora Al Mualla (Curator of Modern Arab Art, Sharjah Art Foundation) Monira Al Qadiri (artist) Hoor Al Qasimi (Director, Sharjah Art Foundation) Saira Ansari (Researcher, Sharjah Art Foundation) Rasheed Araeen (artist) Marwa Arsanios (artist) Mohammad Ali Atassi (Director, Bidayyat) Sarnath Banerjee (artist, writer and graphic
novelist) Daniel Blanga Gubbay (Researcher and Curator, Aleppo.eu) Yaminay Chaudhri (artist and Co-founder, Tentative Collective) Ali Cherri (artist) Manuel de Rivero (Co-founder, Supersudaca) Manthia Diawara (University Professor and Director, Institute of African American Affairs, New York University) Mona El Mousfy (Founder and Managing Director, SpaceContinuum) Shilpa Gupta (artist) Ayesha Hameed (artist and Lecturer, Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths College) Dale Harding (artist) Salah Hassan (Goldwin Smith Professor and Director, Institute for Comparative Modernities, Cornell University) Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim (artist) Saba Innab (artist and architect) Eungie Joo (Curator of
Contemporary Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) Butheina Kazim (Co-founder, Cinema Akil) Maha Maamoun (artist) Ahmed Mater (artist) Almagul Menlibayeva (artist) Sally Mizrachi (Co-founder, lugar a dudas) Naeem Mohaiemen (artist) Paribartana Mohanty (artist) Aram Moshayedi (Curator, Hammer Museum) Hania Mroué (Founder and Director, Metropolis Art Cinema) Neo Muyanga (composer and musician) Zeynep Öz (curator) Claudia Pagès (artist) Sharmini Pereira (Founder and Director, Raking Leaves) Filipa Ramos (Co-curator, Vdrome) Uzma Rizvi (Associate Professor, Anthropology and Urban Studies, Pratt Institute) Abir Saksouk (Architect, Public Works) Larissa Sansour (artist) Mario Santanilla (artist) Zineb Sedira (artist) Wael Shawky (artist) Reem Shilleh (Co-founder, Subversive Film) Martine Syms (artist) Yoshiharu Tsukamoto (Co-founder, Atelier Bow - Wow) Alper Turan (Co-founder, DAS Art Project) Deepak Unnikrishnan (writer) Antonio Vega Macotela (artist) Hajra Waheed (artist) Ala Younis (artist and curator)
The work of filmmaker, artist and graphic
novelist Sarnath Banerjee explores the contradictions of daily life in
contemporary India.
A riveting conversation between renowned painter David Salle and acclaimed poet, critic and
novelist Ben Lerner discussing David Salle's new book on
contemporary art, and the aims and tools of criticism in
contemporary art and culture.
The new protégés — a Swiss architect, a writer from Brazil, a Peruvian musician, a dancer from South Africa, an Argentinian / Spanish theatre artist, a film - maker from India and a Vietnamese visual artist — are being mentored by some of the most acclaimed figures in the
contemporary arts worldwide: British architect Sir David Chipperfield, Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, Mexican film director Alfonso Cuarón, poet and
novelist Mia Couto, from Mozambique, American composer Philip Glass, Canadian theatre director Robert Lepage and American performance and video artist Joan Jonas.
Manhattan at that time was a melting pot of
contemporary avant - garde cultural movements: Pop artists and abstract expressionists, jazz musicians and experimental actors,
novelists and film directors, socialised, collaborated, had affairs, marriages, fist fights and ideological spats.
What / Why: «A Picture's Worth will feature work from exciting
contemporary graphic
novelists working in a variety of genres.
Novelist Tracy Chevalier, who curates a new exhibition of quilts, argues that this traditional activity should be accepted as a
contemporary art medium.
Accompanying the exhibition is an illustrated catalogue, published by the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), with essays by Michael Darling and Chrissie Iles, the Whitney Museum of American Art Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Curator, and a creative essay by the
novelist Kate Zambreno, noted for her writings about women and myths of modernism.
Future Greats — new artists for a new era; 17 Memos for art now;
novelists Pankaj Mishra and Adam Thirlwell discuss
contemporary utopias, plus a reviews marathon around the galleries of Paris, reviews from around the world and more!
Booker Prize - winning
novelist Ben Okri described the work as «the most significant discovery in
contemporary African art in over fifty years.
Born in Vermont but raised in Britain, Chantal Joffe has art in her blood — her mother is a watercolor painter and her brother is a
contemporary artist and
novelist.
Often taking the form of humorous collages or nonlinear narratives, the work of filmmaker, artist and graphic
novelist Sarnath Banerjee explores the contradictions of daily life in
contemporary India.
In what
novelist Ben Okri describes as «the most significant discovery in
contemporary African art in over fifty years».
The Nigerian
novelist Ben Okri said it amounted to the «the most significant discovery in
contemporary African art in over 50 years.