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I heard... I heard that too, about the pirated copies and I also heard another strange thing, correct me if I'm wrong: that Marquez is likely to change the ending of his latest book in order to trick book pirates and those who sell the copies. Isn't this strange? I mean, is the destiny of a...

Well Well, I didn't see the film, so you kind of made me reveal the ending in the book, I think it is the same in the film. The boy grows up, never leaves the ship and when he is just over 30, the ship is abandoned and has to be destroyed, so the boy stays on the ship and gets killed when the...

Has anyone read anything by this guy? The first book I read was Novecento because I heard it was made into a film called The Legend of 1900, with Tim Roth in the leading role. I was completely amazed by this small book and when I finished it (quite quickly, in an hour ) I held it in my hand and...

Hamlet :rolleyes: Difficult to answer this question, I have a whole list of favourite characters, but my favourite of all times I think is definitely HAMLET. I never get bored of reading the play, watching the movies and seeing it in different interpretations on the stage. The best image of...

Some Yes, there are some writers that I can;t read though I had to, years ago, for my exams. Ashlea, I'm happy you think the same: Conrad, I never liked his books. And there is one that I don't like at all even if I had quarrels with some of my friends for this. He's very much appreciated and...

for Maureen I'm not doing any particular research and of course I don't mind your asking. It's just that I love music as much as I love literature and I have realized that music and literature are interconnected. Music can be such a powerful symbol in prose, it can become a literary device...

one example I can't remember writers that directed their own books, but I can think of directors who wrote the stories of their films, the first example that comes to my mind right now is Sophia Coppolla. She wrote and directed Lost in translation which won some Oscars as far as I know. The...

Imagine you are the director, producer and everything of a film which is an adaptation of a book you are reading or of your favourite book. Who would be the actors you would choose to play the part of your favourite characters? I sometimes can't help doing this imagination exercise while I'm...

Right I'm not a native speaker of English either, but English is my all time favourite when it comes to language and literature. And yes, there are a lot of misinterpretations and misreadings that I came across in translations or in real life. And I have a whole list of ads that were written by...

Music in prose I mean, generally. ;) I guess you're still wondering what I mean, so: can you give examples of novels or short stories in which music played an important role in your opinion? ( It may have been in the title, it may have been used as a symbol to mark a key moment in the plot or...

Murakami Thea, I'm glad you read Murakami because I like his books, too. I've just read South of the Border,West of the Sun, I'm not sure this is the right title in English as I read a translation. The title is the beginning of a Nat King Cole song, Murakami's characters are always music...

Right I think you are quite right, I have the same feeling which is great especially because some people think that computers threaten the written word and make us love books less. As I said before I'm happy to discover that the internet can be a virtual meeting place for booklovers all around...

Hello, I'm very glad to be on this forum as I think the pleasure of reading is doubled when you can share it with friends that love books as much as you do. Although we live in a world that is dominated by visual culture, in which some people think reading is a waste of time, I'm happy to find...