Sentences with phrase «debut novel set»

A searing, electrifying debut novel set in India and America, for readers of Rupi Kaur, about the extraordinary bond between two girls driven apart by circumstances but relentless in their search for one another.

A stunning debut novel set in post-Revolutionary Iran that gives voice to the men, women, and children who won a war only to find their lives — and those of their descendants - imperiled by its aftermath.

A debut novel set in the Pacific Northwest of the 1820s and 1980s - two friendships separated by generations but bound together by a dark mystery.

A sparkling debut novel set in the sixties about a boy's emotional and fantastical journey through alien worlds and family pain.

A stunning debut novel set on a remote island in Key West in 1839.

Not exact matches

Set on both sides of the Atlantic, Iain Duncan Smith's debut novel is an ingenious fast - paced thriller with an intriguing cast of characters reaching the highest level of office.

Veteran screenwriter Goldsman (an Oscar winner for A Beautiful Mind, and definitely not one for Batman & Robin) has given himself quite a challenge for his directorial debut, taking on Mark Helprin's epic fantasy novel set in an alternative, magic - filled New York City (and spanning the entire 20th century) with a relatively low sub - $ 50 million budget.

Not only did Ben Affleck have to sweat out making his directing debut by adapting a Dennis Lehane novel (Clint Eastwood already set the bar on Lehane's Mystic River), he also cast his brother Casey in the leading role.

Actress turned author Celia Imrie on her writing debut, a comic novel set among English expats in the south of France

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.

The directing and producing debut of Geoffrey Fletcher, the Academy Award - winning screenwriter of Precious: Based on the Novel «Push» by Sapphire, Violet & Daisy widely defies the expectations set by its opening.

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.

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Quick has been set to adapt Sorta Like A Rock Star, his 2010 young adult novel that is now near a deal to be set up at Netflix as the feature film directing debut for Bryce Dallas Howard.

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Set in 1987, the first few pages of Jason Rekulak's debut novel are nearly as laden with nostalgic references as Ernest Cline's books.

Ithaca (PG for mature themes, smoking and a violent image) Meg Ryan makes her directorial debut with this adaptation of The Human Comedy, William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize - winning novel, set in 1942, revolving around a 14 year - old's (Alex Neustaedter) attempt to provide for his widowed mother (Ryan) and siblings (Spencer Howell and Christine Nelson) after his older brother (Jack Quaid) goes off to fight in World War II.

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.

Krysten Ritter released her debut novel «Bonfire» last month, featuring a character not unlike her «Jessica Jones» role and a setting much like her...

The movie of his debut novel, The Motel Life, — which screens at this year's Fleadh — is a searing and profound examination of brotherhood set in the timeless Sierra Nevadan frontier.

What You Need To Know: Based on the graphic novel «Le Transperceneige,» «Snowpiercer» is set to be the ambitious English - language debut of Bong Joon - ho.

So reads an early passage in Ian McEwan's resoundingly melancholy 2007 novel «On Chesil Beach,» set mostly in 1962, which has been respectfully adapted by McEwan, acting as screenwriter, and Dominic Cooke, a renowned English theater director making his movie debut.

The film Based on Jane Rule's novel, Donna Deitch's debut feature is a 1959 - set love story that unites an East Coast intellectual divorcée and a Nevada ranch girl.

I read that the novel upon which John Slattery's directorial debut is based sets its action in Philadelphia, where its writer, Pete Dexter, made his living as a columnist.

Then We Came to the End Joshua Ferris (2007) Though set in Chicago, any Brooklyn - based office drone can recognize him - or herself in this darkly funny cubicle - set debut novel.

Though set in Chicago, any Brooklyn - based office drone can recognize him - or herself in this darkly funny cubicle - set debut novel.

I'm most curious about Nate Parker's Nat Turner biopic, The Birth of a Nation; Clea DuVall's The Intervention; documentarian Asif Kapadia's fiction film, Ali & Nino, set in Azerbaijan at the outbreak of World War I; John Carney's Dublin teen musical, Sing Street; Aaron Brookner's Uncle Howard, a tribute to his uncle, the filmmaker Howard Brookner; Robert Cannan and Ross Adam's The Lovers and the Despot, an investigation of the kidnapping of a South Korean director and his actress ex-wife by movie - mad Kim Jong - il, the crazy but true story that is hilariously retold in David Cronenberg's debut novel, Consumption; and Elite Zexer's Sand Storm, an Israeli - financed film, in Arabic, about two Bedouin women.

On the Extras page you will find the Story Behind the Story for her debut novel No One Heard Her Scream, the inspirational images used to create scene settings along with the excerpts, and book trailers.

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.

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.

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

Hubbard's well - framed and exquisitely paced debut novel, set at an all - boys boarding school, is read with compassion and sincerity by Boyer, who voices a range of characters, including first - person narrator Alex, who witnesses his friend's drowning during a night of underage drinking.

Egan's debut novel, The Invisible Circus, was set in the late 1970s, but this will be her first book with a truly historical setting.

«I made the erroneous assumption that Vietnam - born Vu Tran's debut novel, Dragonfish, would be set in an exotic Southeast Asian locale, and I was a tiny bit disappointed to find that the exotic locales would be Oakland, California, and Las Vegas.

Offering a fast - paced and dark setting, Walters, a management consultant, presents an exciting debut novel....

Set in Hawaii, Hemmings» page - turner of a debut novel is narrated by Matt King, a wealthy, well - connected attorney, who is the head of an unusual family.

Powers, whose debut novel, The Yellow Birds, is among the best works of fiction to come out of America's 21st - century wars, has penned a tragic tale of moral corruption set in Virginia.

The setting of Sara Taylor's ambitious and unique debut novel is The Shore — three islands off the coast of Virginia,...

«Set in 1795, Kuhns's quiet, well - crafted debut, the winner of the MWA / Minotaur Books First Crime Novel competition, poignantly captures the Shaker ethos of the period.

Bryan Camp's stunning, spellbinding debut novel, The City of Lost Fortunes, is a tale set in a post-Katrina New Orleans full of gods, monsters and magic.

Set in sunny Southern California, Lauren Christopher's debut romance novel The Red Bikini begins at a low point.

The Marauders, set in a small bayou town devastated by the BP oil spill, is a darkly hilarious debut novel from Tom Cooper.

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.

Maud's Line By Margaret Verble Mariner • $ 14.95 • ISBN 9780544705241 Set in 1928, Verble's debut novel about young Maud Nail, who yearns to escape her lonely life on an Oklahoma farm, was a finalist for the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in fiction.

Two brothers are exposed to the brutal realities of life and the seductive cruelty of power in this riveting debut novel — a story of savagery and race, injustice and honor, set in the untamed frontier of 1880s Australia — reminiscent of Philipp Meyer's The Son and the novels of Cormac McCarthy.

Her debut novel, Road of Thorns, released in March, and her second novel, Even Hippies Get The Blues, is set to release in late June.

Brand new chapters of creator Yoshihiro Togashi's long - running manga (graphic novel) are set to debut in the Japanese edition of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine on Monday, June 2nd and will also appear the same day in the North American digital counterpart published by VIZ Media and available at: http://shonenjump.viz.com.

My debut novel is a historical fantasy set in Regency London, featuring magic, romance and lots of hijinks.

Abhaya, a story set in Ancient India, was her debut novel.

In this article, he talks about the budget he set for self - publishing his debut novel, «The Crossing» and how he was able to stick to... read more»

Sorcerer to the Crown is my debut novel, a historical fantasy set in Regency London, featuring magic, romance and lots of hijinks.