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16 hours ago · Revisit our March book club discussion of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel “Erasure,” which was recently adapted into an Oscar-nominated film: “I love watching his mind on the page. He’s ...
3 days ago · NEW YORK (AP) — Colm Tóibín’s “Long Island,” the Irish novelist’s follow-up to the prize-winning immigrant tale “Brooklyn,” is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick. “Long Island,” published Tuesday, continues the story of Eilis Lacey, who left Ireland for New York City in the 1950s and is now trapped in an unhappy ...
3 days ago · Long Island is, in some ways, a sequel to Colm Tóibín’s award-winning 2009 novel Brooklyn, which was adapted into an acclaimed 2015 feature film by the same name, starring Saoirse Ronan (of Lady Bird and Little Women fame) as Eilis. But you don’t have to have read Brooklyn, or even have watched the movie, to dive fully into Long Island.
3 days ago · Oprah Winfrey’s 'deeply emotional' May book club pick is the sequel to a beloved, ... Saoirse Ronan starred in the movie adaptation of the novel and was even nominated for an Oscar for her role.
1 day ago · 1. Background of Palahniuk's Fight Club Book Palahniuk's Fight Club book and its adaptation, led by David Fincher in 1999, bear and express disillusionment with capitalism, consumer culture, and the state of men at the end of the 20th century. The novel Fight Club, published in 1996, which served as the basis for Fincher's movie, is actually a much more serious and complicated piece of writing ...
5 days ago · In the new book, Puleo pulls the lens back to examine Sumner’s life beyond that transformative event. He has written a detailed account of Sumner’s life before political office as well as his ...
5 days ago · The Jane Austen Book Club is a 2007 American romantic drama film focusing on a group of Californians who form a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they explore Austen's literature, the members find connections between the themes in the novels and their own life experiences.
