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The Skin I Live In (Spanish: La piel que habito) is a 2011 Spanish thriller and melodrama hybrid film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes, Jan Cornet and Roberto Álamo.
[58] All the events of the novella take place in one room, during a half-hour period on Wednesday 12 September 1928. It is the story of an old colonel (similar to García Márquez's own grandfather) who tries to give a proper Christian burial to an unpopular French doctor. The colonel is supported only by his daughter and grandson.
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a 2022 novel by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It is loosely based on The Island of Doctor Moreau , an 1896 novel by H.G. Wells . The novel received critical acclaim, with reviewers particularly praising its exploration of feminism and colonialism.
The book was initially published by Simon & Schuster on August 7, 1986. [1] The book did not sell well in America, but in Europe it was many times a bestseller, particularly in Spain and Germany, selling millions of copies in translation. Its European success caused its subsequent sequelization. The film rights to the book were purchased.
Yes, “Sight” is told over the course of five decades, from a 6-year-old Wang (Zhang) seeing his doctor father, Dr. Zhensheng Wang, help a family friend who was badly hurt and blinded in the ...
The letter speaks of a 16th-century manuscript known as The Book of Tomorrows which foretells the future, and which is being urgently sought by the mysterious Keeper. When Sarah Jane's friend Natalie is arrested in Florence on a murder charge whilst taking part in an archaeological dig, Sarah Jane rushes to her assistance; Natalie has uncovered ...
Doctor De Soto is a picture book for children written and illustrated by William Steig and first published in 1982. It features a mouse dentist who must help a fox with a toothache without being eaten. Steig and his book won the 1983 National Book Award for Children's Books in category Picture Books, Hardcover, as did Barbara Cooney for Miss ...
The Patients of Dr. García (Spanish: Los pacientes del doctor García) is a Spanish drama television series adapting the novel of the same name by Almudena Grandes. The cast is led by Javier Rey , Verónica Echegui , and Tamar Novas .