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Spanning 60 years and two continents, Allendeâs latest novel follows two young Spanish republicans â Victor Dalmau and Roser Bruguera â from the Spanish civil war, through French detention camps and finally to Chile and Venezuela. Roserâs son is the child of Victorâs brother, Guillem, killed in the war, and when Victor decides to take care of them, what begins as a practical arrangement gradually develops into a tender, lasting commitment to each other. Allende examines themes of cultural dislocation and the impact of political upheaval on quotidian lives in an engrossing and vivid novel. To order
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Mr Chatterjee straightened his tie and slowed his pace to a brisk walk as he entered the building. He hurried down the narrow, dusty corridor. It was long, with a gloomy dark stairwell in the distance. On either side, intermittently, were narrow, tall doors of faded, cheap wood. Jutting out at right angles to each one, like a railway signal, was a thin band with the name of the room in thick white paint. Most of them were illegible.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates To Write New Superman Film Script For Warner Bros
The project will be backed by filmmaker JJ Abrams Bad Robot, DC Films, and Warner Bros, reports claimed Twitter/ The Verge Outlook Web Bureau 2021-02-27T11:30:08+05:30 Ta-Nehisi Coates To Write New Superman Film Script For Warner Bros outlookindia.com 2021-02-27T14:11:02+05:30
Warner Bros has roped in novelist Ta-Nehisi Coates to write the script for a rebooted Superman movie.
The project will be backed by filmmaker JJ Abrams Bad Robot, DC Films, and Warner Bros,
Variety reported.
In a statement to
Shadow and Act, Coates said he is excited about getting the opportunity to write the script about the beloved superhero.