Sentences with phrase «novel set»

Perhaps you can find historical novels set in the appropriate period.

A charming historical novel set in the late 1800s.

A bold, epic debut novel set during the war and financial crisis that defined the beginning of our century.

That said, those writing novels set in hospitals could get excellent background on what nursing is really like from it.

In the original graphic novel the setting is the same, but there's no idea of revolution at all.

And what is urban fantasy, other than an action / adventure novel set in a fantasy world?

Then, the itch took hold, and I began writing fiction in earnest until I had the equivalent of several novels set in different worlds sitting in my computer.

When I visit a new place for the first time, I sometimes read a well - known novel set there, hoping it will deepen the experience culturally, perhaps emotionally.

So: a spy novel set in the global world of now.

From its shock opening right out of a horror movie, this graphic novel sets the scene for an old - fashioned scare story.

Why It Matters: «Overall, our research shows that proper bridging of synthetic catalysts and features from natural enzymes can help us develop novel sets of materials that can have activity far beyond any natural enzymes,» said Shaw.

The author of Shanghai Girls brings back three of her favorite characters in a new novel set during one of China's darkest periods.

In The Strings of Murder, Oscar de Muriel's historical crime novel set in Victorian times, detectives, Frey and McGray crisscross a city that has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995.

An exquisite, slender first novel set on the American frontier about a restless widower who heads west on a foolhardy and perilous expedition in search of unknown animals, leaving his intrepid young daughter behind to fend for herself at home.

If you write romance novels set in Florida, hurricane relief might be a cause you'd be interested in supporting.

Card has also written fantasy: The Tales of Alvin Maker is a series of fantasy novels set in frontier America; his most recent novel, The Lost Gate, is a contemporary magical fantasy.

I have not been disappointed in my recent selection of Caroline Leavitt's Cruel, Beautiful World, a coming - of - age novel set against the backdrop of the late»60s.

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

A romantic historical novel set against an idealized backdrop of 1930s New York, where bad things happen but through a soft - focus lens of nostalgia in which the poor are hardworking and honest with hearts of gold, gangsters have mothers and feelings, and the snow falls softly all around.

ANTHONY FRANZE is a lawyer in the Appellate and Supreme Court practice of a prominent Washington, D.C. law firm, and a critically acclaimed thriller writer with novels set in the nation's highest court.

Welcome to Bristol Post Dating - Thesite where genuine singles meet and form relationships Doki Doki Literature Club is a surprisingly disturbing visual novel set in a poetry writing club, that really gets under your skin unlike anything else.

The adaptation of Ian McEwan's best - selling novel set around the Second World War, starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, also scooped best original score after receiving seven -LSB-...]

McCarthy's fiction parallels his movement from the Southeast to the West — the first four novels being set in Tennessee, and his later novels set in the Southwest and Mexico.

The first of a cycle of novels set at the time of Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books, this dramatizes what it was like for an Ojibwa Indian child in 1847 when the white people were «opening up» the land.

Other posthumous Parker releases include the ninth Jesse Stone novel (Split Image, February), a Cole - Hitch Western (Blue - Eyed Devil, May), and an untitled holiday novel set for a November 2010 publication date.

From there, I went on to write two historical fiction novels set in Colombia, then put out MacGregor's Wolf: Lessons of Time.

Discovery Education has announced the addition of over 70 videos for set texts, novels set by an exam board,...

Donna Leon's bestselling mystery novels set in Venice have won a multitude of fans for their insider's portrayal of La Serenissima.

Breath is based on Tim «s award - winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia.

In this lyrical, character - driven novel set before and after a pandemic, Potter's memorable performance guides listeners through shifting time periods and perspectives and immerses them in Mandel's examination of the role of art and culture in the survival of humanity.

The Cove, Ecco's lead title for spring, «captures the wondrous beauty of nature and love and the darkness of superstition and fear in this atmospheric and exquisitely rendered novel set in Appalachia during World War I.» (Another for my WWI list!)

And besides capturing the imaginations of millions of visitors, the rooms have inspired creativity, from a children's fantasy novel set amid their miniature visions of home to the recent Art Institute online interactive «Game of Thornes» that invites Internet users to click their way through the Thorne rooms.

So you sped through All the Light We Can not See, Anthony Doerr's riveting second novel set during World War II.

I do know writers who have sold historical fiction more recently — mainly literary novels set in America in the last 200 years.

«An engaging dystopian novel set in India that poignantly explores gender politics.»

Outside of this, dozens of other novels set in different places from various authors have been released, fleshing out the universe to a nearly full extent.

Literary horror novel set in US - occupied Baghdad, about an activist whose efforts to give human body parts proper burials create a monster.

An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th - century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.

I'm still waiting for an engaging novel set in Korea.

This is a Welsh language novel set in the area where I was born and bought up.

Framis often starts out from actual social dilemmas to develop novel settings and proposed solutions.

The story behind The Madonnas of Leningrad, Debra Dean's fascinating novel set partially in the Hermitage Museum in Leningrad during World War II.

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

The adaptation of Ian McEwan's best - selling novel set around the Second World War, starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy, also scooped best original score after receiving seven nominations.

Her first book was a gritty young adult novel set in Durango called Burn Girl, a title that was honored with a 2016 Westchester Fiction Award.

This atmospheric novel sets Cuban American Nora's teenage struggles with family and independence against the backdrop of New York's infamous summer of 1977, marked by blackouts, arson, and the Son of Sam killings.