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In a Washington Post interview, writer Roxane Gay called Pachinko her favorite book of 2017. [20] The book was named by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2017. [21] In 2024, the New York Times named Pachinko the 15th best book of the 21st century. [22] Pachinko was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. [23]
The book is presented as a manuscript written by its protagonist, a middle-aged man named Harry Haller, who leaves it to a chance acquaintance, the nephew of his landlady. The acquaintance adds a short preface of his own and then has the manuscript published. The title of this "real" book-within-the-book is Harry Haller's Records (For Madmen Only).
A synopsis (pl.: synopses) is a brief summary of the major points of a subject or written work or story, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work. Synopsis or synopsys may also refer to: Video synopsis, an approach to create a short video summary of a long video
The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories is a 2004 book by Christopher Booker containing a Jung-influenced analysis of stories and their psychological meaning. Booker worked on the book for 34 years.
Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials (1963–64 novel Dune World and 1965 novel Prophet of Dune) in Analog magazine.
The author of the books noted that he saw the episode in his childhood but had forgotten the details. [24] In the dedication page for Uglies, Westerfeld says: "This novel was shaped by a series of e-mail exchanges between me and Ted Chiang about his story "Liking What You See: A Documentary". His input on the manuscript was also invaluable."
Rand originally conceived of the story as a play, then decided to write for magazine publication. At her agent's suggestion, she submitted it to book publishers. The novella was first published by Cassell in England. It was published in the United States only after Rand's next novel, The Fountainhead, became a best seller. Rand revised the text ...
A plot summary is a retelling, a summary, or an abridged or shortened précis of the events that occur within a work of fiction. The purpose of a plot summary is to help the reader understand the important events within a work of fiction, be they of the work as a whole or of an individual character.