Word: novelization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Author Joyce Maynard had a nine-month affair with Salinger 26 years ago, when he was 53 and she was 18. In her book "At Home in the World," to be published by St. Martin's Press, she provides a look at the reclusive author of the iconic 1951 novel "The Catcher in the Rye," about the disillusioned young hero Holden Caulfield. Maynard says Salinger, who has not published a book since 1965, told her publishing is "just more of a damned interruption than I can tolerate anymore." But she says he wrote every day for hours...
...Says Willwerth: "Having the chance to help right an injustice is a precious thing. I feel very lucky that journalism gives me that chance." Says Farley: "It was obvious this was a story that had to be written." When not dealing with grim reality, Farley turns to fiction. His novel, My Favorite War, concerns a black newspaper reporter. It's now in paperback...
JAMES JOYCE His Ulysses is named century's best novel. Is Joyce somewhere gloating? "yes I said...
...cinematographer on three Coen brothers films, Barry Sonnenfeld has had lots of experience with a genre you could call bizarre noir. Now he has created his first TV show, and it has--in milder form--the surreality and edge of his earlier work. Based on an Elmore Leonard novel, Maximum Bob stars Beau Bridges as a colorful, corrupt judge in a small Florida town. He's the kind of guy who will avoid paying his ex-wife alimony by putting her in jail. Amusing, smoothly put together and featuring a likable cast, this summer series augurs well for Sonnenfeld...
...African dust between her sheets, the rolling of a slave ship and her own blood seeping from torn flesh. Although Perry has clearly read her Toni Morrison, her insights into slavery are no more piercing than, say, Steven Spielberg's in Amistad. But to be fair, this debut novel is not really about remembering that peculiar institution; it's about healing relationships between mothers and daughters. The twist: Lizzie is both daughter and mother...