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Alison Lurie

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Name: Alison Lurie

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Feb 28 2013 - 1 reports

Acclaimed Les Misérables Translator Signs on For a Thriller With...

Le French Book announced that prize-winning translator Julie Rose, best known for her critically acclaimed version of Victor Hugo’s Les Mis$rables, signed on to translate Bernard Besson’s global-warming thriller. Renowned translator Julie Rose Le French ... [Published PRWeb - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Hugo's, Les Misérables, E-book, France, Victor Hugo

First reported Jan 04 2013 - Updated Jan 04 2013 - 1 reports

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Boxing Day quiz: the answers

Here are the results of my Boxing day literary quiz for 2012, 50 women writers . 1. She lost her earring in the bookshop. Tracy Chevalier and Penelope Fitzgerald 2. Sounds like Barbara took a bit of a drink while trying to unlock the riddle of ... [Published normblog - Jan 04 2013]

Entities: Boxing, Dorothy Whipple, Anita Shreve, Marghanita Laski, David Grylls

First reported Dec 27 2012 - Updated Dec 27 2012 - 1 reports

Modern-day fairytales keep the magic alive

It is said that every era finds a mirror of its politics in the culture it generates.During the Depression, hungry Americans gorged themselves on the hopeful escapism of Technicolor musicals.The body-snatcher scenarios of the 1970s and '80s spoke to cold ... [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 27 2012]

Entities: Jack Zipes, Snow White, Philip Pullman

First reported Dec 24 2012 - Updated Dec 24 2012 - 1 reports

Why 2012 was the year of the fairytale | Libby Brooks

From Mirror Mirror to Once Upon A Time, this year's tales reflect modern concerns, with UKuncut-style protests and unemployed dwarves. It's not nostalgia we seek, but magic It is said that every era finds a mirror of its politics in the culture it ... [Published Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - Dec 24 2012]

Entities: Jack Zipes, Snow White, Philip Pullman

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...As Alison Lurie, author and children's literature expert, says: "sometimes we need to have the truth exaggerated and made more dramatic, even fantastic, in order to comprehend it."

Modern-day fairytales keep the magic alive [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 27 2012]

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Boxing Day quiz: the answers [Published normblog - Jan 04 2013]
Modern-day fairytales keep the magic alive [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 27 2012]
Why 2012 was the year of the fairytale \| Libby ... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Dec 24 2012]

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Boxing Day quiz: the answers [Published normblog - Jan 04 2013] Here are the results of my Boxing day literary quiz for 2012, 50 women writers . 1. She lost her earring in the bookshop. Tracy Chevalier and Penelope Fitzgerald 2. Sounds like Barbara took a bit of a drink while trying to unlock the riddle of ...
Why 2012 was the year of the fairytale \| Libby ... [Published Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - Dec 24 2012] From Mirror Mirror to Once Upon A Time, this year's tales reflect modern concerns, with UKuncut-style protests and unemployed dwarves. It's not nostalgia we seek, but magic It is said that every era finds a mirror of its politics in the culture it ...