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The book is a succession of clicks that connect, a sparse but acute self-possessing." [ 1 ] In a retrospective essay about the Newbery Medal-winning books from 1966 to 1975, children's author John Rowe Townsend wrote, "The people in The Summer of the Swans are credible, tones of voice are accurately caught, and there is a frequent wry humor in ...
Betsy Byars (née Cromer; August 7, 1928 – February 26, 2020) was an American author of children's books.Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. [1] She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) [2] and an Edgar Award for Wanted...
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) [1] [2] was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology.
Robert Penn Warren (April 24, 1905 – September 15, 1989) was an American poet, novelist, and literary critic and was one of the founders of New Criticism. He was also a charter member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers .
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of best-selling book The Black Swan, correctly predicted the 2008 financial crash but said "gloomy" times ahead for the U.S. economy are far more easy to spot.
Swan Song is a 1987 science fiction novel by American novelist Robert R. McCammon. Published June 1, 1987, [1] it is a work of post-apocalyptic fiction describing the aftermath of a nuclear war that provokes an evolution in humankind. Swan Song won the 1987 Bram Stoker award, tying with Stephen King's Misery. [2]
For the record: 5:53 p.m. Aug. 9, 2023: An earlier version of this story located Harbor Country Opera incorrectly in Minnesota.It is in Michigan. Robert Swan, an actor who starred in the films ...
The Four Swans is the sixth of twelve novels in Poldark, a series of historical novels by Winston Graham. It was published in 1976, thirty-one years after the first novel in the series. [1] George Warleggan and Ross Poldark are both elected to Parliament. A child is born to Morwenna. Sam Carne falls in love. Elizabeth confronts George over his ...