Tour is a Web feature and podcast. Each week, we present leading authors of fiction and nonfiction as they read from and discuss their work.
“We think we know the ones we love.”
That’s how Andrew Sean Greer begins his new book, The Story of a Marriage. Set in the 1950s, the novel is molded by the [...]
9
Jul
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11
Jun
After Haroun and the Sea of Stories, the composer’s adaptation of Salman Rushdie’s novel for children which premiered at New York City Opera in 2004, Wuorinen was eager to create another stage work. “He was very impressed with the movie adaptation of the short story,†said Stokar, “and he thought it would be quite marvelous [...]
11
May
It begins with literal brilliance as a handsome Western traveller, calling himself “Mogor dell’Amore” (the Mughal of Love), arrives at Emperor Akbar’s newly built court in Fatehpur Sikri, where the lake looks like “a sea of molten gold.” The stranger, whose long yellow hair flows down his face like the golden lake, rides a bullock-cart [...]
17
Mar
Director uses novel approach for romance: Love In The Time Of Cholera
Posted by admin Published in Romance NovelThe Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel adapted here is one of the Spanish-speaking world’s most beloved literary works. And just as the Nobel Prize winner’s work suffers in its translation to English, the odd love story loses some of its steam onscreen.
The turn-of-the-century story of a young Colombian boy pledging his eternal love to a pretty, [...]
17
Mar
Walk down the aisles of most Christian bookstores, or flip through their flyers, and you can’t help but notice that Christian romance novels make up a large part of the book industry’s offerings to women.
Christian romance novels are one of the most popular genres of fiction for Christian readers — and one of the most [...]
6
Mar
ST CROIX, USVI: The US Virgin Islands Department of Tourism held a press conference on St Croix on Tuesday to share its new marketing materials with members of the local media. The new materials include a destination DVD and music video, visitors guide and brochures that specifically target the dive and bridal markets. %26ldquo;The Department [...]
21
Feb
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Some reviews originate at other newspapers that do not award star ratings.
Here are selected minireviews of films in theaters, listed alphabetically.
“27 Dresses”
Romantic comedy **1/2* PG-13. Katherine Heigl stars as not-so-plain Jane, the dependable friend that every bride leans on when that special day comes along. Jane is the ultimate bridesmaid, helping with the planning, the [...]
21
Feb
Now
showing
Some reviews originate at other newspapers that do not award star ratings.
Here are selected minireviews of films in theaters, listed alphabetically.
“27 Dresses”
Romantic comedy **1/2* PG-13. Katherine Heigl stars as not-so-plain Jane, the dependable friend that every bride leans on when that special day comes along. Jane is the ultimate bridesmaid, helping with the planning, the [...]
21
Feb
With a shivering and surreal sense of d�j� vu I stood in the departure hall of OR Tambo gazing up and searching for the same letters - Mauritius - I had scanned for on the morning after my wedding.
Surely now, 10 years on and happily divorced, I wouldn’t make the same tragic mistake of [...]
15
Feb
Chapter One
When Richard Strauss conducted his opera Salome on May 16,
1906, in the Austrian city of Graz, several crowned heads
of European music gathered to witness the event. The
premiere of Salome had taken place in Dresden five months
earlier, and word had got out that Strauss had created
something beyond the pale-an ultra-dissonant biblical
spectacle, based on a play [...]
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