Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The book was released in the United Kingdom and its territories on 2 April 2001, and the American publication followed on 25 June of the same year. [1] The original idea for Echo Burning came from two sources. The first was an idea he had in which he wondered what it would be like for a woman whose husband was returning home from jail, but didn ...
Tricks is a young adult verse novel by Ellen Hopkins, released in August 2009.It tells the converging narratives of five troubled teenage protagonists. It is noted for its gritty realism in addressing issues of sexual activity and drug use for a young adult readership.
At points, the book must be rotated to be read, making it a prime example of ergodic literature. [1] [2] The book is most often described as a horror story, though the author has also endorsed readers' interpretation of it as a love story. [3] House of Leaves has also been described as an encyclopedic novel, [4] or conversely a satire of ...
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, his landlady's nephew. The acquaintance adds a short preface and has the manuscript published. The title of this "real" book-within-the-book is Harry Haller's Records (For Madmen Only).
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, it was listed #15 on The New York Times' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century list. [22] Pachinko was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction ...
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 ".
Flamer is a semi-autobiographical graphic novel by Mike Curato.It is set in 1995, in a Boy Scouts summer camp, and tells the story of Aiden, who is bullied for his appearance, including acting in a manner considered stereotypical of gay men.
Four weeks earlier, a free electronic companion book to the trilogy titled The World of Divergent: The Path to Allegiant was released online. The novel was to be adapted into a two-part film, the first part, The Divergent Series: Allegiant , was released on March 18, 2016, while the second part, called Ascendant , was planned to release in June ...