Thought 3D was a film fad of the past? So did we. However, the fervor is not dead yet, and has recently been resuscitated in a new medium foreign to the colorfully rich world of the three dimensional – literature. In partnership with Vintage, Waterstones is bringing you an exclusive 3D edition of Murakami’s Pinball, 1973, and Hear the Wind Sing. Image courtesy of Bookseller. As if Murakami’s novels weren’t surreal enough, the literature now has three dimensions at its disposal. Known for his fierce imagination and what some term ‘magical realism’, Murakami’s intense sensory explorations are doubled by the addition of a …
Brace yourself, the soon to be published screenplay will be available in November. It seems we just can’t escape the world of J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter these days. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is out in July, rumors of casting are still abound, and Rowling’s crime novel, Career of Evil, is continually rising up the ladder in sales. To clarify, we’re not complaining in the slightest, but the swarm of news surrounding the author and her work does seem to be rising twards some climactic precipice, leading us to ask – what’s next? Well, consider the ascent of Potter …
We probably don’t need to tell you twice about the album Beyoncé just dropped. People are flocking to the nearest available screen, be it your computer, your own phone or even over the shoulder to your fellow commuter’s phone, to fawn over the twelve tracks of Lemonade. Ever dutiful to Beyoncé’s feminist stature, the album will douse your ears with whopping amounts of female power and unflinching vulnerability. But, even more powerful are the lines between the tracks. Here Beyoncé quotes Somali-British poet, Warsan Shire. The Young Poet Laureate’s words complement the album’s message, shedding a poetic light on women’s …
Today marks the birthday of Charlotte Brontë, and a day of celebration for one of the Victorian era’s most revered female authors. 200 hundred years after her birth, she is still known best for her semi-autobiographical novel, Jane Eyre, and her broader look at women and the complexities that are all too frequently dismissed by male authors. Brontë was a literary legacy even in her time, and a name synonymous with Victorian culture – stoic, austere, and dedicated. She devoted herself to disciplined writing, producing a style so manicured and phrases so precise, it’s no wonder the foreshadowing opening line …
We know we’re not alone in remembering the dread of required reading. Even the most devoted bookworms have a title they remember falling asleep in mid-chapter, or accidentally letting the dog use it as a chew toy. For as wonderful as middle school and high school reads are in retrospect, they were (for many of us) the bane of our existence back in the day. Yet, through it all, we came away with a nostalgic appreciation for the titles and an itch to read them again, removed from a world of paper bag lunches, wedgies, and playing hooky. These are …
