14. You are about to begin reading Italo Calvino's new novel, If on a winter's night a traveler. —Italo Calvino, If on a winter's night a traveler (1979; trans. William Weaver) 15. The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new. —Samuel Beckett, Murphy (1938) 16. I...
This article focuses on the contest held by American Book Review on January 2006 on the top 100 Best First Lines from novels. The contest was inspired by a similar contest held by the American Film Institute on motion picture lines. The novels included on the list of novel candidates ...
Cain's novel, telling the tale of a drifter who becomes involved with a married woman stuck in an unhappy marriage. Together, they plot to kill her husband and collect his insurance money - but as their plan unravels, so does their lustful relationship. The film excels in portraying the ...
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Love Sucks is Buffy if it was about hooking up with vampires and demons instead of slaying them. Actually, that already describes a lot of episodes of Buffy. Still, if you swapped Sunnydale for Crescent Valley, the Hellmouth for leylines, and made it a visual novel, you'd essentially hav...
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The first part of the novel is narrated by her husband, who describes her as being completely unremarkable. She’s a homemaker. She makes his dinner. She’s quiet. She wears black slip-on shoes. She’s a gentle presence that is always perfecting her surroundings. She can be seen as an...
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This adaptation of Shirley Jackson's terrifying novel lives up to its name. The Haunting of Hill House follows the Crain family, who move into the grand and remote 'Hill House' to flip it before moving on to their 'dream home.' But the house has other plans. Switching between the past...