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On Book Marks, the book received a "positive" consensus, based on 10 critic reviews: 4 "rave" and 5 "positive" and 1 "mixed". [4] In Bookmarks May/June 2009 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.00 out of 5) with the summary stating, "Again and again the critics cited Barry’s lovely, musical ...
The characters and events of the plot are grounded in Green's life, while the story itself is fictional. [1] Looking for Alaska follows the novel's main character and narrator Miles Halter, or "Pudge," to boarding school where he goes to seek a "Great Perhaps," the famous last words of François Rabelais. Throughout the 'Before' section of the ...
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is an 1851 epic novel by American writer Herman Melville.The book is centered on the sailor Ishmael's narrative of the maniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaling ship Pequod, for vengeance against Moby Dick, the giant white sperm whale that bit off his leg on the ship's previous voyage.
The novel Shaw pointed me to, for which she did the translation, quotes me as saying, “The greatest strength of Korea is its unique political system, in which the leader and people act as one.”
Deliverance (1970) is the debut novel of American writer James Dickey, who had previously published poetry. [1] It was adapted into the 1972 film of the same name directed by John Boorman. In 1998, the editors of the Modern Library placed Deliverance as #42 on their list of the 100 best 20th-Century novels. [2]
Great Circle is a 2021 novel by American writer Maggie Shipstead, published on May 4, 2021, by Alfred A. Knopf. [ 1 ] The novel was shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and the 2022 Women's Prize for Fiction .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. 1889 novel by Jerome K. Jerome For other uses, see Three Men in a Boat (disambiguation). Three Men in a Boat 1889 edition cover Author Jerome Klapka Jerome Language English Genre Comedy novel Publisher J. W. Arrowsmith Publication date 1889 Publication place United Kingdom ISBN 0-7653 ...
Herzog is a 1964 novel by Saul Bellow, composed in part of letters from the protagonist Moses E. Herzog. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction [ 3 ] and the Prix International . In 2005, Time magazine named it one of the 100 best novels in the English language since Time ' s founding in 1923.