It is common for either very well written books or those made popular by the general public to be made into movies. Most people who are avid readers make a point of reading the book first before viewing the movie. They believe seeing the movie version first "ruins" the book. This point i...

An American Childhood Based on Peter S. Hawkins' Review An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard, is a happy memoir of Annie's own life, a child of a well-to-do Pittsburgh family. Dillard remembers much of her childhood and doesn't hesitate to tell us a bit of it. Author Flan...

Garcia Marquez's "Death Constant Beyond Love." Gabriel Garcia Márquez uses the technique of magical realism in his novels as well as his short stories to blend reality and fantasy so that the distinction between the two erases. Irony is the use of words and images, to conve...

The Tone Established in The Age of Innocence Respected as the most distinguished of Edith Wharton's novels, The Age of Innocence is a tale of the love, distress, and moral/social conflictions that late 1800s New York experiences via the indecisive affluent young man, Newland Archer. Wharto...

The book "Tietam Brown" was written by two time New York Times best selling author, Mick Foley. The novel is his third book, and his first fiction. His first two books, "Have A Nice Day!: A Tale of Blood and Sweat Socks" and "Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than...