Tag: fiction

‘The pictures, they look at you.’ A stroll with novelist John Banville through Spain’s Prado Museum

MADRID -- It’s the eyes peering from the canvases that get him,…

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Tina Knowles to tell her story in ‘Matriarch,’ a memoir scheduled for next year

NEW YORK -- Tina Knowles will have a memoir out next spring…

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Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré’s footsteps with spy thriller ‘Karla’s Choice’

LONDON -- LONDON (AP) — George Smiley, the subtle fictional spymaster navigating…

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Francine Prose’s 1974: A Personal History

2024-10-24 00:40:11 Francine Prose 1974: A Personal History Harper, 2024 Prolific novelist…

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Percival Everett’s ‘James’ wins $50,000 Kirkus Prize for fiction

NEW YORK -- Percival Everett's novel “James,” his acclaimed reworking of “The…

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The Great Veg Biryani Debate: Is It Truly Just A Fancy Pulao? Separating Facts From Fiction

"Veg Biryani - what a joke! It is just a fancy pulao."…

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Reese Witherspoon is teaming with bestseller Harlan Coben on her first suspense novel

NEW YORK -- Reese Witherspoon's latest literary news marks a new direction…

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Salman Rushdie, Percival Everett and Miranda July are National Book Award finalists

NEW YORK -- NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie's memoir a bout…

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Book Review: Crystal King combines food, myths and surrealism with ‘In the Garden of Monsters’

Salvador Dali hires a young artist with a striking similarity to the…

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Book Review: Sally Rooney’s latest novel ‘Intermezzo’ examines unacknowledged grief

Ivan and Peter Koubek’s father has just died, but neither seems willing…

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Rare G.K. Chesterton essay on mystery writing is itself a mystery

NEW YORK -- When he wasn't working on mystery stories, and he…

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Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner and Miranda July are fiction nominees for National Book Awards

Percival Everett’s “James,” his acclaimed retelling of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of…

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Percival Everett, Louise Erdrich and Jason Reynolds among finalists for $50,000 Kirkus Prizes

Percival Everett’s “James,” a reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry…

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Book Review: What’s it like to be a rental stranger? Kat Tang’s debut novel imagines an answer

As our lives become more automated, increasingly niche jobs materialize to fill…

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Pistol shooter Yusuf Dikec draws comparison to ‘Pulp Fiction’ actors

2024-08-03 03:10:02 Shooting his way to a silver medal at age 51,…

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US authors make up almost half the 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fiction

LONDON -- Six American writers including Rachel Kushner, Percival Everett and Tommy…

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The Book of Elsewhere by Keanu Reeves and China Miéville review – pulpy hijinks | Science fiction books

2024-07-24 09:05:02 The coolest contemporary movie star, Keanu Reeves, added to his…

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CBS News Confirmed vets what’s real, separates fact from fiction on social media

2024-07-15 17:35:02 CBS News Confirmed separates fact from fiction on social media…

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Library of Congress awards prize for American fiction to James McBride

The Library of Congress has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to James…

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