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The Sea (novel)
''The Sea'' is a 2005 novel by John Banville. His thirteenth novel, it won the 2005 Booker Prize. Plot summary The story is told by Max Morden, a self-aware, retired art historian attempting to reconcile himself to the deaths of those he loved as a child and as an adult. The novel is written as a reflective journal; the setting always in flux, wholly dependent upon the topic or theme Max feels inclined to write about. Despite the constant fluctuations, Max returns to three settings: his childhood memories of the Graces—a wealthy middle-class family living in a rented cottage home, the "Cedars"—during the summer holidays; the months leading up to the death of his wife, Anna; and his present stay at the Cedars cottage home in Ballyless—where he has retreated since Anna's death. These three settings are heavily diced and jumbled together for the novel's entire duration. Max's final days with Anna were awkward; Max does not know how to act with his soon-to-be-dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kazuo Ishiguro
Sir Kazuo Ishiguro ( ; born 8 November 1954) is a British novelist, screenwriter, musician, and short-story writer. Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, and moved to Britain in 1960 with his parents when he was five. He is one of the most critically-acclaimed and praised contemporary fiction authors writing in English, being awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In its 2017 citation, the Swedish Academy described Ishiguro as a writer "who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world". His first two novels, ''A Pale View of Hills'' and '' An Artist of the Floating World'', were noted for their explorations of Japanese identity and their mournful tone. He thereafter explored other genres, including science fiction and historical fiction. He has been nominated for the Booker Prize four times, winning the prize in 1989 for his novel ''The Remains of the Day'', which was adapted into a film of the same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Hewitt
Andrew Hewitt (born March 28th, 1976) is an English composer based in Los Angeles. Training Hewitt was classically trained from childhood as a pianist and tenor singer. He won music scholarships to the Westminster Abbey Choir, Uppingham School, the National Youth Music Theatre, St John's College, Cambridge, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Before university, he toured chorally worldwide, and after graduation in 2000, he continued to perform in concerts, global tours, and CD recordings for such classical groups as John Eliot Gardiner's Monteverdi Choir, Robert King's The King's Consort, The John Rutter Singers, Synergy, Opera Rara, the London Voices, and Metro Voices. These performances covered every style, from contemporary premieres to session choirs and baroque, classical, and avant-garde works. At Abbey Road and Air Studios, he performed on many film scores for such conductors as John Williams and Howard Shore, including ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natascha McElhone
Natascha McElhone (; born Natascha Abigail Taylor, 14 December 1971) is a British actress. She is a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In film, she is best known for her roles in '' Ronin'' (1998), ''The Truman Show'' (1998), and ''Solaris'' (2002). On television, she has portrayed Karen van der Beek, the long-time partner of Hank Moody, in the Showtime comedy-drama series ''Californication'' (2007–2014), First Lady Alex Kirkman in the ABC political drama ''Designated Survivor'' (2016–2017), and Laz Ingram in Beau Willimon's Hulu science-fiction series ''The First'' (2018). McElhone also portrayed Penelope Knatchbull in season 5 of ''The Crown''. Early life She was born Natascha Abigail Taylor in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey on 14 December 19[1/nowiki>">">[1/nowiki>3.html" ;"title="/nowiki>.html" ;"title="">[1/nowiki>">">[1/nowiki>3">/nowiki>.html" ;"title="">[1/nowiki>">">[1/nowiki>3to Noreen McElhone and Michael Taylor, both journalist[4/nowiki>] Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Rampling
Tessa Charlotte Rampling (born 5 February 1946) is an English actress, known for her work in European arthouse films in English, French, and Italian. An icon of the Swinging Sixties, she began her career as a model. She was cast in the role of Meredith in the 1966 film ''Georgy Girl'', which starred Lynn Redgrave. She soon began making French and Italian arthouse films, notably Luchino Visconti's '' The Damned'' (1969) and Liliana Cavani's ''The Night Porter'' (1974). She went on to star in many European and English-language films, including ''Stardust Memories'' (1980); in ''The Verdict'' (1982); '' Long Live Life'' (1984), and ''The Wings of the Dove'' (1997). In the 2000s, she became the muse of French director François Ozon, appearing in several of his films, notably ''Swimming Pool'' (2003). On television, she is known for her role as Dr. Evelyn Vogel in '' Dexter'' (2013). In 2002 she released an album of recordings in the style of cabaret, titled ''As a Woman''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell (; born 29 October 1967) is a British film and stage actor. In film, he has appeared in '' Carrington'' (1995), '' ''Hamlet'''' (1996), ''Dangerous Beauty'' (1998), '' Dark City'' (1998), ''A Knight's Tale ''(2001), ''The Legend of Zorro ''(2005)'','' '' The Illusionist ''(2006)'', Amazing Grace ''(2006)'', The Holiday ''(2006)'', Paris, je t'aime ''(2006)'', Judy ''(2019), '' The Father'' (2020), and '' Old'' (2021). On television, he has starred in ''Middlemarch'' (1994), '' Charles II: The Power and the Passion'' (2003), ''John Adams'' (2008), ''Eleventh Hour'' (2008–2009), ''Zen'' (2011), ''The Pillars of the Earth'' (2010), ''Parade's End'' (2012), ''Victoria'' (2016–2017), ''The Man in the High Castle'' (2014–2019), and ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2019)."Rufu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciarán Hinds
Ciarán Hinds (; born 9 February 1953) is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Hinds is known for a range of screen and stage roles. He has starred in feature films including '' The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover'' (1989), ''Persuasion'' (1995), ''Oscar and Lucinda'' (1997), ''Road to Perdition'' (2002), '' The Sum of All Fears'' (2002), ''Munich'' (2005), ''Amazing Grace'' (2007), ''There Will Be Blood'' (2007), ''Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day'' (2008), ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011), ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''Silence'' (2016), '' First Man'' (2018), and ''Belfast'' (2021). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the last of these. Hinds is also known for his voice role as Grand Pabbie, the Troll King in the animated film '' Frozen'' (2013) and its sequel, ''Frozen II'' (2019). He played General Zakharow in ''Red Sparrow'' (2018). He also portrayed Steppenwolf in Zack Snyder's ''Justice League'' (2017) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Modernism
High modernism (also known as high modernity) is a form of modernity, characterized by an unfaltering confidence in science and technology as means to reorder the social and natural world. The high modernist movement was particularly prevalent during the Cold War, especially in the late 1950s and 1960s. Definition High modernity is distinguished by the following characteristics: *Strong confidence in the potential for scientific and technological progress, including a reliance on the expertise of scientists, engineers, bureaucrats and other intellectuals. *Attempts to master nature (including human nature) to meet human needs. *An emphasis on rendering complex environments or concepts (such as old cities or social dynamics) legible, most often through spatial ordering (for example, city planning on a grid). *Disregard for historical, geographical and social context in development. Relation to modernity Modernity relates to the modern era and the aesthetic qualities of moder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Gekoski
Richard Abraham Gekoski (born August 25, 1944) is an American-British writer, broadcaster, rare book dealer and a former member of the English Department at Warwick University. Early life and education Gekoski was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, where his father, Bernard, worked as an attorney for the Rural Electrification Authority, and his mother Edith was a social worker. He has a sister, Ruth Greenberg. The family moved to Huntington, Long Island in 1954. He graduated from Huntington High School in 1962, and received his B.A. summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966, where he served as the chairman of the newly formed Student Committee on Undergraduate Education. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1965. In 1966, he was awarded a Danforth Scholarship, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, and a Thouron Award. He subsequently received a B.Phil. (1968) and D.Phil. (1972) in English at Oxford University, where he attended Merton College, Oxford, and won a tennis blue. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Work Of Art
A work of art, artwork, art piece, piece of art or art object is an artistic creation of aesthetic value. Except for "work of art", which may be used of any work regarded as art in its widest sense, including works from literature and music, these terms apply principally to tangible, physical forms of visual art: *An example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture. *Objects in the decorative arts or applied arts that have been designed for aesthetic appeal, as well as any functional purpose, such as a piece of jewellery, many ceramics and much folk art. *An object created for principally or entirely functional, religious or other non-aesthetic reasons which has come to be appreciated as art (often later, or by cultural outsiders). *A non-ephemeral photograph or film. *A work of installation art or conceptual art. Used more broadly, the term is less commonly applied to: *A fine work of architecture or landscape design *A production of live performance, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boyd Tonkin
Boyd Tonkin Hon. FRSL is an English writer, journalist and literary critic. He was the literary editor of ''The Independent'' newspaper from 1996 to 2013. A long-time proponent of foreign-language literature, he is the author of ''The 100 Best Novels in Translation'' (2018). He has been involved with leading literary prizes such as the Man Booker International Prize and the ''Independent'' Foreign Fiction Prize. In 2020 Tonkin was the recipient of the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature. Career Tonkin was born in North London"Interview , Boyd Tonkin , Author of the Week" ''BookBlast'', 6 August 2018. and studied English and French literature at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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