Sentences with phrase «debut novel from»
This prophetic debut novel from Omar El Akkad has haunted me since I read it in April.
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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen A startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
So while the print formatting trepidation mentioned in this post is a foreign concept to me, I do find it useful to remember that not all of us spent our teen years with our own computer and printer, peering at books, measuring the spacing, and printing out a page with Times and Times New Roman in a good dozen different font sizes and line - spacing layouts to figure out which one was used in Kathy Tyers's debut novel from the»80s.
Recently, author Lauren Howard made the decision to pull her debut novel from publication after a firestorm of hatred — including what she initially claimed to have been rape and death threats on GoodReads.
Today I'm reviewing Close to You, the debut novel from Kiwi author Kara Isaac.
Today I'm reviewing Feast for Thieves, the debut novel from author Marcus Brotherton.
Today I'm reviewing Swimming Through Clouds, the debut novel from author Rajdeep Paulus.
An impressive debut novel from a hugely talented new writer, Accidents of Providence was a rare treat.»
The debut novel from Kate Southwood is set in the 1920s Midwest, and opens just as a devastating tornado strikes a small town.
A novel should stir the emotions, and Tangerine, the debut novel from Christine Mangan, does just that.
The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy.
It is a luminous debut novel from a talented and provocative new writer.
After author Lauren Howard made the decision recently to pull her debut novel from publication after a firestorm of hatred — including what she claims to have been rape and death threats — more information on this level of behavior surfaced from other sources.
The debut novel from Slate Editor Jessica Winter is the funniest workplace satire since Joshua Ferris» Then We Came to the End.
A wealthy Chinese immigrant family finds their fortunes dashed and their future in question — with surprisingly hilarious results — in this rollicking debut novel from the Los Angeles - based Chang, a YA editor at Goodreads who has also worked as a journalist and editor.
The debut novel from A.J. Finn might be the big new Hitchcockian thriller of 2018.
The debut novel from Israeli author Ayelet Gundar - Goshen, translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston, is an intense, twisting tale of prejudices ripped open, guilt that can not be ignored and the inconvenience of having another person's humanity exposed before you.
The Marauders, set in a small bayou town devastated by the BP oil spill, is a darkly hilarious debut novel from Tom Cooper.
This debut novel from a writer who is better known as a superstar literary agent is generating both a lot of anticipation and also stellar reviews on Goodreads.
This is one horror tale that is the result of meticulous drafting and editing, as well as an awesome debut novel from a master of the craft.
The Ploughmen By Kim Zupan Picador • $ 16 • ISBN 9781250074782 This arresting debut novel from Montana native Zupan captures the unexpected bond that develops between a lonely Montana sheriff's deputy and a convicted killer locked in the county jail.
A searing debut novel from the award - winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone, about jealousy, the unpredictable path of friendship, and the secrets kept in marriage, all set within the U.S. expat community of the Middle East during the rise of the Arab Spring.
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the debut novel from Gail Honeyman.
Based on the Oprah promoted, debut novel from author Allison Pearson, this movie falls far short of being an exceptional film.
Based on the best selling debut novel from Steve Watson, BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, takes that classic plot device of amnesia in order...
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Mysterious characters from the city surrounding the hospital will be crucial in determining the baby's fate, as will a workaholic British doctor with whom Mariam finds herself falling in love... Alice Allan's debut novel is an original, vivid and moving story about attachment and loss.
This month we've indulged in quite a few things that we love to do, from checking in at a few of favorite galleries for this months exhibitions to interviewing Kimmery Martin a local author who just debuted her first novel.
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.»
Adapted by Michael De Guzman from his own novel, The King and Queen of Moonlight Bay debuted on the Hallmark Channel on Father's Day, June 15, 2003.
In 2005, Schreiber made his feature directorial debut with EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, which he also adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's best - selling novel of the same name.
Although the film's title and a minimal amount of story come from author Michael Faber's 2000 novel, this is Glazer's most hyperstylized and unnerving film since Ben Kingsley got on the wrong side of Ray Winstone and Amanda Redman in the director's utterly self - assured feature debut, Sexy Beast.
The «Americans» actress plays a woman obsessed with Jane Austen novels in the directorial debut from «Napoleon Dynamite» writer Jerusha Hess
John Green's debut novel, Looking for Alaska, is also set to be adapted into a film with Sarah Polley (Away from Her, Take This Waltz) set as director.
Adapted from Fanboys screenwriter Ernie Cline's debut novel of the same name, this dystopian sci - fi is absolutely jam - packed with»80s pop culture references, making it one of our most anticipated films of next year.
Warner Bros has debuted the first official trailer for the next new Jungle Book movie titled Mowgli, adapted directly from Rudyard Kipling's novel.
Adapted by Rees and co-writer Virgil Williams from Hillary Jordan's remarkable debut novel, «Mudbound» captures more than the usual amount of detail from its source material, including much of the language itself.
20th Century Fox has debuted a fantastic promo video for The Martian adapted from Andy Weir's novel, directed by Ridley Scott.
The first trailer for Z for Zachariah has debuted, the next film from Compliance director Craig Zobel, adapted from an old sci - fi novel by Robert C. O'Brien.
Italian director Paolo Virzì, making his English - language debut, rarely cuts against the grain of the broad material (adapted from a more contemplative novel by Michael Zadoorian).
Adapted from a William Giraldi novel by regular Saulnier collaborator / star Macon Blair, whose directorial debut won Sundance last year, Hold The Dark takes the canine terror to a new level with the story of a writer (Jeffrey Wright) hired to find and rescue a 6 - year - old boy dragged into the Alaskan wilderness by wolves.
Entertainment Tonight has debuted a new trailer for director Derek Cianfrance's upcoming drama The Light Between Oceans which stars Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander; watch it below after the official synopsis... From acclaimed director Derek Cianfrance, (BLUE VALENTINE, A PLACE BEYOND THE PINES), and based on the extraordinary best - selling novel from M.L Stedman, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, -LSB-From acclaimed director Derek Cianfrance, (BLUE VALENTINE, A PLACE BEYOND THE PINES), and based on the extraordinary best - selling novel from M.L Stedman, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, -LSB-from M.L Stedman, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, -LSB-...]
Based on the 1981 book of the same name, the National Book Critics Circle - nominated debut novel of Leonard Michaels, The Men's Club gathers seven seasoned men from around Berkeley, California one Wednesday night for a meeting of the minds.
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-...]
The source material is the 1943 novel «The Human Comedy» from Pulitzer Prize winning writer William Saroyan; and it's the directorial debut of Meg Ryan, the one - time «America's Sweetheart» who reunites with her Sleepless in Seattle co-star Tom Hanks (in a ghostly cameo).
In an interview with StudioCanal CEO Danny Perkins, Screen Daily confirms that Elba will take on Victor Headley's novel Yardie for his directorial debut, working from a script by Brock Norman Brock, who co-wrote Nicolas Winding Refn «s Bronson.
New images debut for Universal's film «Term Life,» which is based on the graphic novel from AJ Lieberman, starring Vince Vaughn and Bill Paxton.
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.
After directing the acclaimed documentaries Deliver Us From Evil and West of Memphis, Amy Berg is set to make her narrative helming debut with Every Secret Thing, a feature adaptation of Laura Lippman's 2004 mystery novel that will star Diane Lane, reports Variety.
Adapted for the screen by Shaun Grant (The Snowtown Murders) from the debut novel by Melanie Joosten, first published in 2011, the film version was directed by Cate Shortland.
A few years ago, she bought the rights to Naomi Alderman's debut novel, Disobedience, which tells the story of a lapsed Orthodox Jew returning from New York to her native London.