Word: novels
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seemed to Hercules that Arnold was a striver. Hercules had no small dose of Prometheanism himself, even for his 20 years, although he sometimes thought he would be happier with a house in the suburbs, kids, maybe a Cuisinart, but no novel burning inside him. Hercules wondered if Arnold missed the bourgeois mellow life...
John Irving, a best-selling novelist, read the fifth chapter of his fifth novel, "The Hotel New Hampshire," to a crowd of about 150 at Adams House last night...
...novel, which retains the fastpaced, colorful style of his fourth book, "The World According to Garp," relates the antics of the Berry family, their dead dob Sorrow, and the guests in their peculiar hotel. Irving said he hopes to finish it in a year, but he added that he writes very slowly...
Benton gives Kramer vs. Kramer its lifelike quality by clearing away the artifice that most American film makers use to shape human experience into so-called entertainment. His screenplay strips away unnecessary detail and background from Gorman's novel; his direction concentrates on the characters' feelings above all else. Music is never used to heighten a scene, and the camera moves only when the actors' wanderings force it to do so. Benton's focus is so tight that Kramer shows a far more domestic and grittier view of Manhattan than the Allen and Mazursky films...
...October a 67-year-old Jehovah's Witness had undergone surgery without blood transfusion. Discharged from the hospital, he soon developed severe anemia and was readmitted. A transfusion was urgently needed, so his doctors decided on a novel approach. They asked the FDA for permission to try an experimental blood substitute called Fluosol...