Sentences with phrase «luminous novel»

Embrace possibility in this luminous novel about a girl in search of her past who discovers a secret rooftop world in Paris.

A luminous novel about love, loss, and the unpredictable power of memory.

A heartbreaking story of family and marriage, a meditation on the unseen forces of nature and desire, The Unnamed is a deeply felt, luminous novel about modern life, ancient yearnings, and the power of human connection.

Michael Cunningham's luminous novel begins with a vision.

Mercy Train is a rich, luminous novel of three remarkable women connected across a century by a family secret and by the fierce brilliance of their love.

At Light on Dark Water, conversation about a luminous novel: Pilgrim's Inn, by the mid-20th-century English writer Elizabeth Goudge....

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Nobody puts together a review like Vinson Cunningham, and the context he provides for «Sing, Unburied, Sing,» Ward's third novel, helps to bring an already luminous work further to life.

2017 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: Adapted from an acclaimed Ian McEwan novel («Atonement»), set in 1960s Britain, and starring the luminous Saoirse Ronan, «On Chesil Beach» has all the makings of a classic «prestige» period film.

The pinnacle of the decades - long collaboration between producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory, Howards End is a luminous vision of E. M. Forster's cutting 1910 novel about class divisions in Edwardian England.

Adapted by Gaby Chiappe from the novel «Their Finest Hour and a Half» by Lissa Evans, «Their Finest» is centered on Catrin Cole (a luminous Gemma Arterton), a copywriter hired by the government to help write the «slop,» or female dialogue, for a film meant to lift the spirits of a war - weary citizenry.

And I have revisited Still Alice, the beautifully written, evocative, and luminous first novel by neuroscientist Lisa Genova about a Harvard professor's descent into...

Paul La Farge is the author of four novels: The Artist of the Missing (1999), Haussmann, or the Distinction (2001), Luminous Airplanes (2011) and The Night Ocean (March, 2017); and a book of imaginary dreams, The Facts of... (more)

Hundreds of thousands were enthralled by the luminous voice of John Ames in Gilead Marilynne Robinson's Pulitzer Prize — winning novel.

Watkins returns to the West in her luminous debut novel, Gold Fame Citrus, although it's a West that has been drastically altered.

In her luminous new novel, Barbara Delinsky explores every woman's desire to abandon the endless obligations of work and marriage - and the idea that the most passionate romance can be found with the person you know best.

A dazzling story of obsessive love emerges in Cynthia Zarin's luminous new book inspired and inhabited by the title character of Nabokov's novel Ada, or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, who was the lifelong love of her half brother, Van.

A luminous second novel from a first - class storyteller.»

Kathleen Winter's luminous debut novel is a deeply affecting portrait of life in an enchanting seaside town and the trials of growing up unique in a restrictive environment.

It is a luminous debut novel from a talented and provocative new writer.

The luminous new novel from the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Secret Life of Bees.

Hailed as a «literary sensation» by The New York Times Book Review, Carpentaria is the luminous award - winning novel by Australian Aboriginal writer and activist Alexis Wright.

This luminous verse novel reveals how Mary Shelley became one of the most celebrated authors in history.

British author Emma Healey may be only 29 years old, but she has created a poignant portrait of a woman with dementia in her luminous debut novel, which contains a double mystery.

Lamia and Oduye flawlessly dramatize the lives of pioneering abolitionist and suffragist Sarah Grimké and her slave, Handful, in this graphic, luminous, and deeply affecting historical novel.

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 world.

In her vividly evocative fourth novel, The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier returns to the appealing blend of fiction and art history that she wove together so successfully in her luminous bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, recently adapted into a feature film.

-- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) «Simonson's second novel paints a sensitive, witty, luminous portrait of England at the outbreak of World War I.» — Shelf Awareness «This novel is just the ticket for fans of Simonson's debut, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, and for any reader who enjoys leisurely fiction steeped in the British past.»

Reading Freshwater, then, is akin to letting oneself over to a luminous experience; we are enveloped fully from page one, and leave the novel feeling transformed.»

Their Eyes Were Watching God, an American classic, is the luminous and haunting novel about Janie Crawford, a Southern Black woman in the 1930s, whose journey from a free - spirited girl to a woman of independence and substance has inspired writers and readers for close to 70 years.