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Fifty years after its release, From Here to Eternity, based on the revolutionary war novel by James Jones, still has something to offer modern audiences. Go to see Frank Sinatra in the role that confirmed that the then up-and-coming actor’s star had arrived; or just go to see a young Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr make out in their notorious sex scene on the beach. Either way, From Here to Eternity will be certain sure to warm your ice-cold days. Through Dec. 18. 7:15 and 9:45 p.m. Tickets $12; Brattle Theatre...
Ziegler has spent the last few months working with literary agent Esmond Harmsworth on three drafts of a first novel. She says she based its plot —which centers around the disappearance of its narrator’s mute sister—on a real-life murder trial in her home state...
Though she is still months from sending a draft of her novel to publishers, Ziegler says she and her agent hope her work will create the “big splash” that a short story collection would not make...
...self-consciousness arising from being chosen to attend this event hangs over the room, before copious wine provided by Sandrine’s loosens tongues. Mary R. Ziegler wearily recounts the “endless revision stage” of her novel with her agent, before heading off. Aaron C.M. Barth concedes, “Yeah, I’m pretty ridiculous.” This devout son of a Christian missionary-turned-diplomat has been strategically seated beside fellow world traveler—and well-known feminist—Natalia A.J. Truszkowska so they can share harrowing travel stories...
...picks up a Bugatti's momentum. You want her more at a Volkswagen's steady trot." Aniruddha Bahal, Indian author, from a segment in his novel Bunker 13, which was given the London-based Literary Review's annual "Bad Sex in Fiction" award