Sentences with phrase «of my best novels yet»

Not exact matches

Many of the more curious features of Murdoch's novels become more comprehensible once one understands this belief that the Good is an imaginative creation: for instance, the seemingly minor yet recurrent instances of paranormal phenomena.

A member of African society has a moral responsibility in regards to past generations to venerate the ancestors; a moral responsibility in regards to the present generation to consider the well - being of his / her contemporaries throughout the community; and a moral responsibility in regards to future generations to create conditions which serve the well - being of those who are called «the beautiful ones» by Ayi Kwei Armah in his classical novel — The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.

Yet the theist is sustained by his confident expectation that if we as creatures all have faith in God, that is, if all rely upon his guidance (given in the initial aim of each occasion), trusting him sufficiently to actualize the good which he proposes as novel possibility, then the good will triumph.

It should not be surprising that subjecting a young child to hours of novel two dimensional photic stimulation might produce the unwanted and unexpected developmental outcomes described above, yet more acute disorders may present as well.

His «cartograms» take state - and county - level election returns as well as data about population and electoral college representation and churn out a vision of the U.S. that is novel, yet still recognizable.

ImmunoHorizons will also consider for publication novel methods, assays or computational tools, as well as initial characterizations of novel reagents, including mouse strains, clones and antibodies, even if biological insights have not yet been fully realized.

In addition to well - described genes, clusters often contain transcripts the function of which has not yet been associated with a specific biological process thus providing novel unexplored links to known molecular pathways.

Something Borrowed is yet another wedding romantic comedy, but has the benefit of being based on well - liked sourced material, Emily Giffin's novel of the same title.

Certain filmgoers might think concern over the fate of Hoffman's work in the young adult novel adaptation series was unnecessary, given the breadth of the fan - favorite performer's career in movies and on stage; yet, Hoffman was a standout in the well - received second installment, Catching Fire, and many fans (young and old) were eager to see him return in the two remaining sequels.

On the contrary: in adapting André Aciman's 2007 novel, Guadagnino and screenwriter James Ivory have produced a film that simultaneously analyzes and dramatizes issues of sexuality, religious identity, and, once again, privilege — with enough well - read bourgeois lazing about in the sun to give Michael Haneke hives — and yet without straining against its clearly marked narrative boundaries as a coming - of - age romance, or exploding its form as an accessible, fundamentally pleasing upper - middlebrow entertainment.

Watching Aggie navigate the challenges of his situation would provide enough material for a good plot, yet this thoughtful script (which is based on a novel by R.J. Palacio) takes the story into unexpected territory.

Yet somehow the heartbreaking plot unfolded by the novel — considered by the New York Times to be «one of the best books of 1979» — captures the exuberance of teen parties but falls short in delivering the intensity of the couple's passion, downplaying the sexuality to keep the PG - 13 rating.

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, is a beautiful yet heart - breaking story of love and sacrifice.

But since time travel has not been perfected yet (outside of recalled sports cars, phone booths and H.G. Wells novels), Fincher did the next best thing: he made his own Die Hard!

Yet Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the Swedish director's adaptation of John le Carré's seminal spy novel, is something a good deal more than a clever segue from one genre film to another.

Yet the tough, literate, dialogue - driven idiom he helped invent is everywhere in ascendance: David Mamet and Elmore Leonard have cited him as major influences (the latter calls his first book, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, «the best crime novel ever written»).

That trajectory seemed perfect for The Circle, a film with his biggest cast yet (Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Karen Gillan, John Boyega, etc) based on a well - received novel with plenty of relevance to our current societal fears surrounding uber - powerful tech companies with charismatic CEOs, but the final product is a complete disaster.

Novels can be put down and picked up again at will, allowing much greater freedom for long expository sequences and character development, and yet the skill of a great filmmaker is to convey the information concisely, such that we feel we know the characters and plot as well as were they written, but within the time and attention - span limitations that are inherent on screen.

Yet last week, Black Panther even bested Disney's own A Wrinkle in Time Ava DuVernay's adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 novel of the same name.

As fans familiar with J.K. Rowling's originalDeathly Hallows novels know all too well, the end - all battle at Hogwarts between the forces of good and the minions of darkness isn't the only big event that has yet to occur on - screen.

I haven't yet written that best - selling novel which will miraculously change the face of modern literature and let me retire early, but I like to think I show an occasional glimmer of writing skill.

I'm very proud of this novel and think it's my best work yet.

none of this daydreaming over Starbucks nonsense — also gives writers and publishers a better chance at the Holy Grail: a novel that sells well, yet isn't completely cut off from critical praise.

His eighth Roy Grace mystery, Not Dead Yet, has been met with rave reviews, shooting to # 1 on the UK Sunday Times best seller list, beating James Patterson's latest novel in hardback and ending 50 Shades of Grey's 25 - week run in the # 1 spot with its paperback release.

From Dead Simple (originally published in 2005), the novel that launched the Roy Grace series to Looking Good Dead (originally published in 2006), the haunting second installment, to the most recent Not Dead Yet, the entire series is now available at the touch of a button on e-readers including Kindle, Nook and iPad.

The primary flaw I see in the process is that unless the novels have some literary value beyond some sort of mass - market appeal, most will never achieve very much in sales or have the chance for the real payday of film rights or, better yet, actually being made into a film.

Alexander McCall Smith's hugely popular No. 1 Ladies» Detective Agency novels are routinely classified as mysteries, yet their strength lies not in the conventions of crime fiction, but rather in their astute depiction of human nature at its best and worst.

If you love that special brew of light and dark that characterizes the best caper novels, you have to be a little giddy after a year in which three writers of the caliber of Stephen Dobyns (Is Fat Bob Dead Yet?)

With his best novel yet, the Edgar Award - winning Hart firmly cements his place alongside the greats of the genre.

Like many of Kazuo Ishiguro's widely - acclaimed novels, Nocturnes charts the nature of shifting relationships, the passage of time, real and perceived failures, the consequences of deferred dreams, feelings of estrangement, and the quiet but destructive erosion that occurs when truth is denied for too long, yet it does so with more attenuated gestures and less reflection... Fans of his novels may enjoy the change of pace offered by this debut, but newer readers may prefer to begin with his previous works, which better exemplify his talents.

Also, sometimes people are not comfortable yet with the form, and have not been able to tell something completely and with closure within 100 words, which can read like the first few sentences of a very good but full - length novel.

Penny's sixth Armande Gamache novel is her best yet, a true tour de force of storytelling.

''... the darkest and most unsettling installment yet... It is a novel that pulls together dozens of plot strands from previous volumes, underscoring how cleverly and carefully J. K. Rowling has assembled this giant jigsaw puzzle of an epic» - The New York Times «Rowling shepherds her hero's arduous trek to maturity with her customary grace and good humor, though she has infused her story with more bone - cracking and blood - spattering than may be tolerable for many of the young readers who have followed Harry's adventures so far.»

Heady with the atmosphere of a teeming, transitional urban environment and graced with the richness of well - crafted prose, this first novel hints at literary pleasures yet to come.

A Window in Copacabana is the best novel yet in what Marilyn Stasio of the New York Times Book Review calls a «beguiling series.»

Chicago author Henríquez has earned praise from the likes of Sandra Cisneros and Ben Fountain for her previous novel and short story collection, but she's yet to become as well known to readers.

I was hoping Nicola Yoon's well - earned success would spur the support of more romance - driven novels by and about black characters, and yet I'm having trouble thinking of some that have been pushed in the last couple of years.

Well told, in a genuine voice, yet it takes looking beyond the top layers to get the true impact of this novel.

Back with her most thrilling novel yet, Chelsea Cain delivers the pinnacle of what fans of this series have come to expect: sex, murder, twists, dark wit, and some of the best characters in the genre.

- Kirkus Reviews «Mayle delivers what is almost a French version of Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels: good, clean writing; a sophisticated and mouthwatering use of food and wine as the story's upholstery; and a quick yet captivating plot, well sprinkled with humor.»

The best - selling author of Enigma and Fatherland turns to today's Vatican in a ripped - from - the - headlines novel, and gives us his most ambitious, page - turning thriller yet - where the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men.

Pratchett's third YA novel set in Discworld, his best yet, finds apprentice - witch Tiffany Aching fumbling into the role of an age - old goddess, creating a cosmic disturbance that she must correct.

She stayed at the top of her game throughout her 30 - year career as a novelist — as this quote from our review of her final novel proves: «There's a good chance that many readers, like this one, will consider Minding Frankie one of Binchy's best novels yet.»

I've also been reading a lot of really great stuff I can't tell you about yet — advanced readers copies of some terrific novels that will come out next year, as well as a couple of memoirs that should make a splash when their publication times come.

I haven't had one to compare just yet, but the new Pandigital Novel should be coming out in a couple of weeks so it will serve as a good example for SiPix.

Which is good for me as a reader, because I get access to a lot more stories that would * never * have been published (the dizzying rise of the superhero novel is a case in point, though I haven't dipped my ladle in that pot of soup just yet).

I've gotten a lot of encouragement and good advice, had several near misses, but haven't sold that first novel yet, so I might not be the most authoritative source of wisdom.

The novel is an imaginative, yet seemingly accurate spoof on the lives and activities of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton, as well as the general modern pop star scene.

In Grantland, Brian Phillips wrote: «Probably no one alive is a better novelist than Jonathan Franzen, and this is frustrating because his novels are awful, excellent but awful, books you read quickly and remember ponderously, books of exhaustive craft and yet a weird, spiraling cluelessness about the data they exhaustively collate.»

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