human truth, which is hard, bitter and merciless, has been handed down to us by writers and poets who walked through fire and hell of front trials. For my generation, as well as for others, their honest and deep stories, novels, piercing trench prose and poems have left their mark in ...
I had always wanted to enter the English market, as I believe my novels have international themes that could be of interest for the general public. Do you have any advice for your fellow writers (and especially new writers): My fellow writers are as knowledgeable as I am, as we started ...
THE GIRL WHO CAME HOME, was awarded the 2015 RNA Historical Novel of the Year, and her novels have been shortlisted for the 2016 and 2020 Irish Book Awards, the 2019 HWA Gold Crown Award, the 2020 RNA Historical Novel of the Year ...
year, Truman and a friend opened a men’s clothing store inKansasCity; however, the business closed in 1922 due to a poor economy. The Trumans had one daughter, Mary Margaret Truman (1924-2008), who grew up to become a professional singer and author of biographies and mystery novels. ...
this movement’s most brilliant figure, produced two political novels—Noli me tangere(1887;Touch Me Not) andEl filibusterismo(1891;The Reign of Greed)—which had a wide impact in the Philippines. In 1892 Rizal returned home and formed the Liga Filipina, a modest reform-minded society, loyal...
Vasco Pratolini left his autobiographical work behind and published such vivid and moving accounts of the Florentine poor as Il quartiere (1944; The Naked Streets, 1952) and one of the finest novels of the Neorealist movement, Cronache di poveri amanti (1947; A Tale of Poor Lovers, 1949). ...
this movement’s most brilliant figure, produced two political novels—Noli me tangere(1887;Touch Me Not) andEl filibusterismo(1891;The Reign of Greed)—which had a wide impact in the Philippines. In 1892 Rizal returned home and formed the Liga Filipina, a modest reform-minded society, loyal...