Anna McPartlin on Barbara Cartland, Enid Blyton and the Barrytown Trilogy
What was the first book to make an impression on you? The first book to really make an impression on me as a teenager was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It was like the curtain was being pulled back,...
View ArticleKetil Bjornstad: ‘The novel is the best weapon against multi-tasking’
Ketil Bjornstad is a Norwegian pianist, composer and author. ketilbjornstad.com What was the first book to make an impression on you? It must have been Saint Exupéry, The little Prince. My father read...
View ArticleEggshells by Caitriona Lally is new Irish Times Book Club choice
Eggshells by Caitriona Lally, described by Declan Kiberd as “a fairy tale of contemporary Dublin, edgy and eloquent, a remarkable debut”, is the new Irish Times Book Club choice. Over the next four...
View ArticleFilm review: Madame Bovary fails to make emotional connection
Reviewer rating: Rating: 3 out of 5 stars ★★★ When Gustave Flaubert's first novel came out in 1856, there was a very French reaction – they put the language of the book on trial. The ostensible charge...
View ArticleMadame Bovary
Dir: Sophie Barthes. UK-Belgium. 2014. 118mins Gustave Flaubert’s once scandalous 1856 novel has defeated many an experienced director from Vincente Minnelli to Claude Chabrol. In only her second...
View Article'Hausfrau' Strips Down Its Modern-Day Madame Bovary
7:11 AM ET Lynn Neary Audio for this story from Weekend Edition Saturday will be available at approximately 12:00 p.m. ET. Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum Hardcover, 320 pages | purchase Purchase...
View ArticleThe Stacks: William Styron was Lit’s Big Game Hunter
A white southerner by birth, Styron scorned the label of regional author—the world was his territory and the bigger the subject the better, from American slavery to the Holocaust. When Philip Caputo...
View ArticleMadame Bovary's malaise and the feminine mystique
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View ArticleGemma Bovary presents a new recipe for Madame Bovary
Audiences may know Gemma Arterton as the Bond girl in Quantum of Solace or Gretel in Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters but the British actress’s repertoire expands past action films to the classics. In...
View ArticleDavid Bowie's list of 100 favorite books reveal his true inner nerd
We all know David Bowie as a music and pop culture icon. But if you are hoping looking for a crash course in must-read literature, look no further than Bowie's 100 favorite books. Bowie's list is as...
View ArticleEggshells by Caitriona Lally review – a daring debut
An eccentric outsider roams around Dublin in an inventive and moving debut...
View Article'Madame Bovary' returns to speak to modern condition in two distinct films
It would seem unlikely that a story about a 19th century young French woman escaping her marriage and tedious provincial life by embarking on scandalous affairs would have much appeal to 21st century...
View ArticleWriters pick the best books of 2014: part 2
From Britain’s brilliantly inventive Ali Smith to America’s master storyteller Richard Ford, from Michael Lewis’s cautionary tale of Wall Street renegades to Henry Marsh’s candid account of...
View ArticleMia Wasikowska's ‘Madame Bovary’ Seduces U.S. Distributor Millennium...
Millennium Entertainment has�acquired U.S. distribution rights to�Sophie Barthes’ drama “Madame�Bovary,” which stars Mia Wasikowska, Paul Giamatti, Rhys Ifans,�Ezra Miller and Logan Marshall-Green. The...
View ArticleMadame Bovary is Half of a Haunted, Remarkably Empathetic Film
On its surface, Sophie Barthes’s film of Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary comes at us like a musty blast of Quality – what...
View ArticleRemembering David Bowie through his 100 favorite books
Although David Bowie was best known for his music, he also made countless contributions to the worlds of art, fashion and film. But the singer, who died Sunday, was also devoted to literature. In 2013,...
View Article‘Based on a true story’: the fine line between fact and fiction
From Kapuscinski to Knausgaard, from Mantel to Macfarlane, more and more writers are challenging the border between fiction and nonfiction. Here Geoff Dyer – longtime master of the space between, in...
View ArticleTIFF 2014 Adds 'The Cobbler,' 'Madame Bovary,' 'Sils Maria,' 'The Forger' And...
| Get ready Toronto — Adam Sandler is coming to town. The Toronto International Film Festival unveiled a huge batch of new films today, and anyone doubting the strength of the lineup this year, will...
View Article'Bovery' or 'Bovary,' story still works
When in 1857, Gustav Flaubert published his now-classic novel, "Emma Bovary," about a wife's infidelity, the writer was brought to trial (and acquitted) for immorality, overlooking the work's profound...
View ArticleTelluride Review: ‘Madame Bovary’ Starring Mia Wasikowska, Ezra Miller, Paul...
| It is not prerequisite that the period costume drama needs a hook, but it certainly doesn’t hurt. Joe Wright’s stylish “Anna Karenina” dazzled with a theatrical approach and Andrea Arnold’s...
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