Sentences with phrase «remarkable novel»

Breaking the «rules» and concentrating your time and effort on writing a truly remarkable novel or on creating a huge, engaged twitter following might work better for you in reaching readers.

A riveting, remarkable novel by a reliably great Canadian writer.

Covering a wealth of remarkable novels, narratives, biographies, and more, this resource for general readers offers more than 500 entries — capturing the flavor of each book.

They discovered that the threshold of the optical absorption spectrum is due to a strongly bound exciton, which exhibits two remarkable novel properties: First, it is confined on a two - dimensional (2D) plane of the three - dimensional lattice of the material.

And this year, I've had no problem talking about Emma Donoghue's remarkable novel Room.

Filled with the rich prose, resonant characters and knife - edge suspense that have won her so many admirers, Shell Game is Carol O'Connell's most remarkable novel yet.

From the author of the acclaimed national bestseller Amagansett comes an even more remarkable novel set in the Tuscan hills: the story of two murders, four hundred years apart - and the ties that bind them together.

This moving and remarkable novel introduces an inspiring character you're sure to remember, long after the last page.

I highly recommend Everything I Never Told You to anyone who wants to experience a truly remarkable novel; I found it outstanding in every way.

Like Highsmith's remarkable novel (the rare lesbian love story of its time with an optimistic coda), it neither unduly ennobles its key characters nor confines them to butch / femme sexual archetypes.

An ambitious and remarkable novel, wonderfully voiced, about memory, secrets, guilt, and the dangers of certitude.

But in this remarkable novel, narrated by Eng, Strauss tells the brothers» stories, both as individuals and as one.

«Faber's mastery of character, evocative descriptions of Victorian England, and rich dialogue, together with his weaving of enduring themes throughout a complex plot, creates a remarkable novel.»

From a half - Shawnee Indian's bold choice to escape an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, the characters in this remarkable novel have deep connections to the land, and a resilience that only the place they call home could create.

Despite all this, I can tell you that we had a wonderful discussion of Lark and Termite and that I came away from the meeting with a clearer understanding of this remarkable novel and a stronger appreciation for Phillips» talents.

Four characters are at the heart of this remarkable novel: an Iraqi refugee who is denied her request to join her husband in the U.S.; the Iraqi volunteer assigned to her case; a lawyer for the Refugee Relief Project; and his translator.

Kudos to Ms. Gaynor and Ms. Webb for a seamless transition between characters, and for this remarkable novel that will undoubtedly go on my keeper shelf.»

A lifelong musician himself, Mitch Albom delivers a remarkable novel, infused with the message that «everyone joins a band in this life» and those connections change us all.

Captured by death squadrons, they somehow manage to escape... In this remarkable novel, Betancourt, an activist who spent more than six years held hostage by the FARC in the depths of Colombian jungle, returns to many of the themes of Even Silence Has an End.

Drawing on his imagination and dozens of historical sources, Shepard brings the Warsaw orphanage to life in this remarkable novel about a poor Polish boy and his friendship with the caretaker of the orphans, the pediatrician Janusz Korczak.

A million rats, delinquent Girl Scouts out for revenge, and a secret city below the streets of Manhattan combine in this remarkable novel about a darker side of New York City you have only just begun to know about...

Epic, ambitious, and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a remarkable novel about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race — and the ways in which love can complicate them all.

A remarkable novel with a deep emotional core, Barbed Wire Heart seamlessly blends page - turning suspense with a multilayered and unflinching portrayal of a poor, rural community where family is everything.

«Brian Payton's remarkable novel is a tightly wound double helix: the gripping tale of a man struggling to save his own life entwined with the heart - rending tale of a woman struggling to save her marriage.

Wry, courtly, opinionated, and completely endearing, Major Pettigrew is one of the most indelible characters in contemporary fiction, and from the very first page of this remarkable novel he will steal your heart.

See above for a description of this remarkable novel, which has been optioned for a film with Tracy Letts writing the screenplay.

«For fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society comes another terrific epistolary historical novel that is simply unputdownable -LSB-...] this remarkable novel will undoubtedly go on my keeper shelf.»

Written with the warmth and psychological acuity that defined his debut, Rumaan Alam has crafted a remarkable novel about the lives we choose, and the lives that are chosen for us.

-- The Washington Post «Adam Johnson's remarkable novel The Orphan Master's Son is set in North Korea, an entire nation that has conformed to the fictions spun by a dictator and his inner circle... Mr. Johnson is a wonderfully flexible writer who can pivot in a matter of lines from absurdity to atrocity... We don't know what's really going on in that strange place, but a disquieting glimpse suggesting what it must be like can be found in this brilliant and timely novel.»

This 50th anniversary edition restores Richard Powell's remarkable novel to print after a long hiatus, and is a must - read for anyone who loves classic American fiction or the great city of Philadelphia.

-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) «[A] fantastical, careening tale... Informed by extensive research and travel to perhaps the most secretive nation on earth, Johnson has created a remarkable novel that encourages the willing suspension of disbelief.

The remarkable novel of two Southern friendships — the basis of the hit film — available for the first time in large print.

- Thomas Perry, New York Times bestselling author of Forty Thieves «Few authors capture the global realities of drug smuggling as Hoffman does in this remarkable novel - the logistics, the tensions, and the inevitable replaceability of all links in the chain.