Sentences with phrase «debut novel follows»

As crushing as it is beautiful, Shobha Rao's debut novel follows two Indian girls through the most hopeless of circumstances, but their enduring friendship burns brightly — endlessly — through it all.

This debut novel follows two friends during their difficult transition into adulthood.

This remarkable debut novel follows the growing friendship between students at the Roaring Orchards School for Troubled Teens.

Fitzgerald's less famous debut novel follows a privileged young man as he begins college at Princeton, which makes it the perfect book for the back - to - school season, claim Wang and Wolfson.

Not exact matches

Journalist Peter Heller's debut novel, The Dog Stars, follows Hig, a Cessna pilot who flies the lonely skies of the southwestern U.S. after a flu pandemic kills 99 percent of the world's population.

The new Salinger biopic from writer / director Danny Strong («The Hunger Games: Mockingjay») makes it clear that the celebrated author practiced an aggressive form of self - isolation in response to the acclaim and public scrutiny that followed his hugely influential debut novel, «Catcher in the Rye.»

In 1996, Huston made her directorial debut with Bastard out of Carolina, a praised adaptation of Dorothy Allison's novel of the same name, and followed that up with another behind - the - camera effort, Agnes Browne, in 1999.

Ayoadeâ $ ™ s promising, but overly familiar feature debut (based on a novel by Joe Dunthorne) follows the self - dramatizing teenager Oliver Tate as he struggles to keep his parentsâ $ ™ marriage together while also trying to lose his virginity.

Originally penned after the success of his debut film «Following,» Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the Ruth Rendell novel «The Keys to the Street» is finally set to start shooting.

Following on from this week's poster [see here], StudioCanal has now debuted the second trailer for High - Rise, director Ben Wheatley's adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel; check it out here... High - Rise centers on a new residential tower built on the eve of Thatcher's England, at the site of what will soon become the world's financial -LSB-...]

Following on from Sunshine and 28 Weeks Later, British director Danny Boyle gave us this loose adaptation of Vikas Swarup's debut novel, Q & A.

Presented for your pre-minted approval: Joe Wright's costume follow - up to his costume debut Pride & Prejudice, another snooty literary adaptation of a well - regarded British novel likewise starring Keira Knightley, shot in the dappled, golden light of fantasy - novel cover art and housewife shower - nozzle daydreams.

Based on the largely forgotten 2007 film starring Mark Wahlberg and the novel «Point of Impact» by Stephen Hunter, the series (executive produced by Wahlberg) was originally scheduled to debut in July but was postponed following the massacre at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, then again after the shooting deaths of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

Based on S. J. Watson's highly successful debut novel, Before I Go to Sleep follows the intriguing story of Christine (Nicole Kidman) who, suffering from an acute form of amnesia, wakes up every morning not knowing who she is, where she is, or who the strange man (Colin Firth) laying in the bed beside her is.

While French auteur Benoit Jacquot recently remade Chase's 1945 novel Eva starring Isabelle Huppert, Kino Lorber resurrects his first adaptation (and one of his more bizarrely plotted endeavors) with No Orchids For Miss Blandish, which was directed by St. John Legh Clowes in 1948 (interestingly, Patrice Chereau's 1975 film debut, Flesh of the Orchid, starring Charlotte Rampling and Simone Signoret, was Chase's follow - up to this film, a title which will also be recuperated in 2018 thanks to an upcoming restoration screening in the COLCOA line - up).

Following the footage that was released earlier this month, Warner Bros. has debuted the official trailer and poster for Inherent Vice, the first adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel.

Legendary Comics has debuted a variant cover for the first issue of its upcoming Pacific Rim comic book series Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift, which has been created by Image Comics co-founder Whilce Portacio... Following the best - selling graphic novel Tales from Year Zero, Legendary takes you back to the front lines of a larger - than - life -LSB-...]

Director Danny Boyle's marvellous debut «Shallow Grave» was always going to be a hard act to follow but to attempt an adaptation of the «unfilmable» Scottish novel «Trainspotting» by Irvine Welsh, seemed like lunacy.

His debut novel was When I Was the Greatest and was followed by Boy in the Black Suit and All American Boys (cowritten with Brendan Kiely), As Brave As You, Jump Anyway, and the first two books in the Track series, Ghost and Patina.

Kaui Hart Hemmings follows up her best - selling debut novel The Descendants — which was made into an award - winning movie starring George Clooney — with The Possibilities, a moving story of a mother struggling to come to terms with the accidental death of her 22 - year - old son.

A vibrant, engaging debut novel that follows the friendship of three women from their youthful days in Poland to their complicated, not - quite - successful adult lives.

In English author Yvvette Edwards» second novel, following her acclaimed debut, A Cupboard Full of Coats (2012), she delves into the timely issue of violence against and between young black men — both its possible causes, and its heartrending effects on the families involved.

Based on a real - life murder — and the frenzied media coverage that followed — Ellen Horan's debut novel seeks to answer the question: Who killed Dr. Harvey Burdell?

This stunning second novel from Philipp Meyer (following his critically praised debut, American Rust) combines epic storytelling, Texas tragedy and raw, powerful writing.

Following a young Chinese couple as their love grows, and is tested, during Mao's Cultural Revolution, this elegant debut novel provides a rare and personal glimpse into the birth modern China.

The only debut novel in the running for the 2015 National Book Award in fiction, Angela Flournoy's exceptional novel follows the 13 Turner siblings as they argue and reconnect over the fate of their Detroit family home.

Jung Yun follows the escalating tensions in a Korean - American family in her debut novel, Shelter.

Her first YA novel is forthcoming in 2014 from Simon Pulse, and her debut novella in Kindle Worlds, Shadowman: Follow Me Boy, is available now.

Her debut novel for children aged 10 — 12, The Book of Learning — Nine Lives Trilogy 1 (Mercier Press) was chosen as the 2016 Dublin UNESCO City of Literature Citywide Read for Children and the follow - up The Book of Shadows — Nine Lives Trilogy 2 was shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Book Awards.

Stephanie Gangi's debut novel, The Next, follows a woman who can't let go of her love and rage — even after death.

Lauren Groff's exuberant debut follows in the footsteps of notable first novels like Marisha Pessl's Special...

That's because the tenth entry in our top 10, Bill Beverly's Dodgers, forms a kind of bridge, it being the only title to appear on both the year's top 10 crime novels and our top 10 crime fiction debuts — a rare double, as those who follow these annual lists will know.

Following his phenomenal debut novel, The Dante Club, Matthew Pearl has once again crossed pitch - perfect literary history with innovative mystery to create a beautifully detailed, ingeniously plotted tale of suspense.

Other books on the must - read list include China Dolls, another compelling historical novel from Lisa See following three young women navigating the Chinese community of San Francisco, the delightfully unsettling Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch and Courtney Maum's debut novel detailing a Parisian maritial crisis, I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You.

The Dead Fathers Club is his American debut but his second published novel following The Last Family in England (2004), a reworking of Henry IV, Part I from the point of view of a black Labrador named Prince.

Written in a series of personal letters, Jennifer Ryan's debut novel, The Chilbury Ladies» Choir, follows a diverse cast of women characters as they navigate village life, love, friendship and dangerous family secrets.

Following Mirabilis, her highly acclaimed debut, Susann Cokal blends pre-Raphaelite painting, American brothels, Utahan polygamists, a bit of cross-dressing, a dynamite - wielding labor movement, one California millionaire, and the invention of electrical sexual stimulation (as treatment for consumption) into a comic novel that gallops across the American West.

In October 2010, Atria will publish Wallace's debut novel, a story that «follows the first female President of the United States, Charlotte Kramer, and her staff as they take on dangerous threats from abroad and within her very own cabinet.»

For the first time author, crowdfunding is a chance to test the water and hopefully build a following before your debut novel has even come out.

Nickolas Butler follows up his debut, Shotgun Lovesongs, with a novel about male friendship and a Boy Scouts» camp in The Hearts of Men.

The fall is rich with fabulous books, and while attending the Southern Festival of Books this month, I had the pleasure of interviewing two authors following up critically acclaimed short story collections with excellent debut novels.

«A collection of pleasantly creepy stories follows Hill's debut novel (Heart Shaped Box, 2007).»

Jacinda Townsend's debut novel, Saint Monkey, follows best friends Audrey Martin and Caroline Wallace through their most formative years in the segregated Appalachian culture of Eastern Kentucky.

Cammie McGovern follows up her breakout young adult debut, Say What You Will, with this powerful and unforgettable novel about learning from your mistakes, and learning to forgive.

A gripping and timely novel that follows Sigrid - the dry - witted detective from Derek B. Miller's best - selling debut Norwegian by Night - from Oslo to the United States on a quest to find her missing brother.

Today's Debut of the Day pick is An Evening of Long Goodbyes, the inventive and hilarious first novel from Irish writer Paul Murray (whose follow up, Skippy Dies, was also marvelous and memorable).

Like Jonathan Safran Foer's acclaimed debut, Boris Fishmann's first novel follows a young man who is grappling with his Jewish heritage in an unusual way.

Tara Wyatt's debut romance novel, Necessary Risk, which follows a starlet and her bodyguard as their relationship goes from professional to steamy, is out now, and Wyatt couldn't be more excited.

Two new Swedish suspense thrillers lead off this month's selections, followed by an eerie English tale of revenge and a taut police procedural set in Brazil.First up, a debut novel — Alexander Söderberg's The Andalucian Friend, a tale of cutthroat mob bosses and the extraordinary lengths to which they will go to one - up one another...

An intoxicating and transcendent debut novel that follows a critic, an artist, and their shared muse as they find their way - and ultimately collide - amid the ever - evolving New York City art scene of the 1980s.