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...point of Smart People (which is directed by Noam Murro) is to return its anti-hero to something like civility, which is not exactly a startlingly original comic notion. Neither is its familiar academic setting, where so many mid-list novels are set. Indeed, we are told by Mark Poirier (who wrote the screenplay) that he originally conceived the story as a novel about university life, which I suppose somewhat limits its appeal to a mass audience. That said, its pretty conventional characters are often pretty funny. Or maybe I should say, surprisingly interesting. Ellen Page (recently of Juno ) brings...
...Growing up in Phnom Penh between the worlds of his French mother and Khmer father, Séra routinely escaped into the pages of French comics, and again as a young refugee in Paris. Now the author of a dozen graphic novels - three of which have been about Cambodia's war years - he is working to rekindle Cambodia's interest in the art form. Since his debut showing in Phnom Penh, he has been regularly returning to the city of his boyhood to hold workshops for aspiring illustrators. "It's important to try to approach the reality of our times...
...started his first graphic novel about Cambodia, Impasse et Rouge - chronicling the years just before the Khmer Rouge - in 1987, five years before Art Spiegelman's Maus would win a Pulitzer for its famous depiction of the Holocaust and demonstrate that gravitas and the graphic arts were not mutually exclusive. Impasse et Rouge wasn't published for almost another 12 years. Although the following two titles about Cambodia, L'Eau et la Terre (2005) and Lendemains de cendres (2007), were picked up in fairly quick succession by the major French comic publisher Delcourt, Séra has still...
...described her struggles and accomplishments as a matchmaker for her son Nico. In “Ballroom Dancing and Chocolate,” she described her husband Willie, while in “The Perverted Dwarf,” she sardonically described his initial attempts at writing a novel himself. Allende has worked as both a novelist and a journalist. Her books have been translated into 27 languages and have become best-sellers in four continents. In addition, she said that she writes letters to her mother every day. Among her most noted works is her 1982 novel...
...death marks the end of one of the most influential careers in the genre. Clarke began his career in the 1930s penning short stories for magazines. Even after being confined to a wheelchair due to post-polio syndrome, the prolific author continued to write. His final novel, “The Last Theorem,” was completed just days before his death...