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2000 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2000. Events *February – The bookstore El Ateneo Grand Splendid takes over the ''Teatro Gran Splendid'' in Buenos Aires, converting it for use as retail space. *February 13 – The final original ''Peanuts'' comic strip by Charles M. Schulz is published. Schulz died on February 12. *March 14 – Stephen King's novella '' Riding the Bullet'' is published in e-book format only, as the world's first mass-market electronic book. * September 26 – English politician and writer Jeffrey Archer is charged with perjury, and on the same day opens in the title role of his own courtroom drama, ''The Accused''. *December 15 – In a landmark censorship case, '' Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)'', the Supreme Court of Canada rules that Canada Customs has no authority to make judgments on the permissibility of material being shipped to retailers, only to confiscate material ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Sisters Book And Art Emporium V
Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson ** ''The Littles'' (TV series), an American animated series based on the novels Places *Little, Kentucky, United States *Little, West Virginia, United States Other uses *Clan Little, a Scottish clan *Little (surname), an English surname *Little (automobile), an American automobile manufactured from 1912 to 1915 *Little, Brown and Company, an American publishing company * USS ''Little'', multiple United States Navy ships See also * * *Little Mountain (other) *Little River (other) *Little Island (other) Little Island can refer to: Geographical areas Australia * Little Island (South Australia) * Little Island (Tasmania) * Little Island (Western Australia) Canada * Little Island (Lake Kagawong), Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Banks
Russell Earl Banks (March 28, 1940 – January 8, 2023) was an American writer of fiction and poetry. His novels are known for "detailed accounts of domestic strife and the daily struggles of ordinary often-marginalized characters". He drew from his own childhood in the working class, but also from the larger world, such as his years in Jamaica. His novels often reflect "moral themes and personal relationships". Banks was a member of the International Parliament of Writers and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Life and career Russell Earl Banks was born in Newton, Massachusetts, on March 28, 1940, and grew up "in relative poverty." He was the son of Florence (née Taylor), a homemaker, and Earl Banks, a plumber, and was raised in Barnstead, New Hampshire. His father deserted the family when Banks was aged 12, making their survival even more difficult. Awarded a scholarship to attend Colgate University, Banks dropped out six weeks into university and tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Look To Windward
''Look to Windward'' is a science fiction novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, first published in 2000. It is Banks' sixth published novel to feature the Culture. The book's dedication reads: "For the Gulf War Veterans". The novel takes its title from a line in T. S. Eliot's poem ''The Waste Land'': ''Look to Windward'' is loosely a sequel to ''Consider Phlebas'', Banks's first published Culture novel. ''Consider Phlebas'' took its name from the following line in the poem and dealt with the events of the Idiran-Culture War; ''Look to Windward'' deals with the results of the war on those who lived through it. Plot summary The Chelgrians are a race of centaur-like cat aliens with three hind-limbs and a humanoid catlike torso. Major Quilan, a Chelgrian, has lost the will to live after the death of his wife, killed during the Chelgrian civil war that resulted from the Culture's interference. A high-ranked Chelgrian priest offers Quilan the chance to avenge the Chelgrians who di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ') and corresponds to the English name John (given name), John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename ''Iain''. This name is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as in other English-speaking world, English-speaking countries. The name has fallen out of the top 100 male baby names in the United Kingdom, having peaked in popularity as one of the top 10 names throughout the 1960s. In 1900, Ian ranked as the 180th most popular male baby name in England and Wales. , the name has been in the top 100 in the United States every year since 1982, peaking at 65 in 2003. Other Gaelic forms of the name "John" include "Seonaidh" ("Johnny" from Scots language, Lowland Scots), "Seon" (from English), "Seathan", and "Seán" and "Eoin" (from Irish language, Irish). The Welsh language, Welsh equivalent is Ioan (other), Ioan, the Cornish la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hiding Place (Azzopardi Novel)
''The Hiding Place'' was the debut novel of British writer Trezza Azzopardi. It tells the story of the six daughters of a Maltese family growing up in Cardiff through the eyes of the youngest, Dolores Gauci. She describes her childhood life. ''The Hiding Place'' was shortlisted for the 2000 Booker Prize and won the 2001 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize The Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize is a British literary prize established in 1963 in tribute to Geoffrey Faber, founder and first Chairman of the publisher Faber & Faber. It recognises a single volume of poetry or fiction by a United Kingdom, Iri .... Awards References 2000 British novels Novels by Trezza Azzopardi Novels set in Cardiff Anglo-Welsh novels Picador (imprint) books 2000 debut novels {{2000s-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trezza Azzopardi
Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961) is a Welsh writer who has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won several other literary prizes. Early life Azzopardi was born in Cardiff to a Maltese father and a Welsh mother. She studied creative writing at the University of East Anglia, and currently works as a lecturer there. She also has an MA in Film and Television studies from the University of Derby. Career Azzopardi's novel ''The Hiding Place'' (2000), is about Maltese immigrants living in the 1960s. Unusually for a first novel, it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2000. It also won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Her second novel, ''Remember Me'' (2003), was shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year. ''Winterton Blue'' (2007) was longlisted for the 2008 Wales Book of the Year. She also writes short stories and performs readings for BBC radio. Her books have been translated into 17 languages. Azzopardi currently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her Infinite Variety
''Her Infinite Variety'' is a 2000 novel by American writer Louis Auchincloss about a career woman of the first half of the 20th century. The title is a quotation from Shakespeare's ''Antony and Cleopatra'': "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety" (Act II, scene 2). Kirkus Reviews called the book " other fine chapter in Auchincloss’s ongoing fictional chronicle of the American century." Publishers Weekly said " uchinclosstranscends himself with an astute and witty novel about a woman who disdains the old values of money and class in favor of a feminine meritocracy in the world of business." Plot summary Born in New York in 1917, attractive Clarabel (Longcope) Hoyt, the heroine of the book, is encouraged by her ambitious mother to marry "a great man," a man able and willing to make a success of his life. She succeeds in persuading her daughter to end her relationship with a young teacher with a promising career ahead of him and marry into one of the pre-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Auchincloss
Louis Stanton Auchincloss (; September 27, 1917 – January 26, 2010)Holcomb B. Noble and Charles McGrath''The New York Times''. Retrieved on January 27, 2010. was an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novelist who parlayed his experiences into books exploring the experiences and psychology of American polite society and old money. His dry, ironic works of fiction continue the tradition of Henry James and Edith Wharton. in He wrote his novels initially under the name Andrew Lee, the name of an ancestor who cursed any descendant who drank or smoked. Early life Born in Lawrence, New York, Auchincloss was the son of Priscilla Dixon (née Stanton) and Joseph Howland Auchincloss. His brother was Howland Auchincloss and his paternal grandfather, John Winthrop Auchincloss, was the brother of Edgar Stirling Auchincloss (father of James C. Auchincloss) and Hugh Dudley Auchincloss (father of Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr.). He grew up among the pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blind Assassin
''The Blind Assassin'' is a novel by the Canadian writer Margaret Atwood. It was first published by McClelland and Stewart in 2000. The book is set in the fictional Ontario town of Port Ticonderoga and in Toronto. It is narrated from the present day, referring to previous events that span the twentieth century but mostly the 1930s and 1940s. It is a work of historical fiction with the major events of Canadian history forming an important backdrop, for example, the On-to-Ottawa Trek and a 1934 Communist rally at Maple Leaf Gardens. Greater verisimilitude is given by a series of newspaper articles commenting on events and on the novel's characters from a distance. The work was awarded the Booker Prize in 2000 and the Hammett Prize in 2001 and also received a number of other nominations. Plot summary The novel's protagonist, Iris Chase, and her sister Laura, grow up well-off but motherless in a small town in southern Ontario. As an old woman, Iris recalls the events and relationshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, and an inventor. Since 1961, she has published 18 books of poetry, 18 novels, 11 books of nonfiction, nine collections of short fiction, eight children's books, two graphic novels, and a number of small press editions of both poetry and fiction. Her best-known work is the 1985 dystopian novel ''The Handmaid's Tale.'' Atwood has won numerous awards and honors for her writing, including two Booker Prizes, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Governor General's Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, and the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, National Book Critics and PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Awards. A number of her works have been adapted for film and television. Atwood's works encompass a variety of themes including gender and identity, religion and myth, the power of language, climate change, and "power politics". Many of her poems are inspired by myth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reed Arvin
Reed Arvin is an American record producer, keyboardist, and writer, known for his work producing music for singer Rich Mullins. In the early 1980s, Arvin toured as Amy Grant's keyboard player, before teaming up with Mullins in 1986. Arvin produced nine albums for Mullins, including two "best of" collections, ''Songs'' and ''Songs 2''. Arvin's first novel, entitled ''The Wind in the Wheat'', was published in 1994. His second novel, a legal thriller called ''The Will'', was published in 2000. Kiss's Gene Simmons Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; ; born August 25, 1949) also known by his stage persona "The Demon", is an Israeli-born American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss, which he co-founded wit ... optioned the film rights to ''The Will'' shortly after its publication. Since then, Arvin has published two other critically acclaimed thrillers, ''The Last Goodbye'' and ''Blood of Angels''. Bibliography * ''The Wind in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
