Fitzgerald first called it The Flight of the Rocket and later renamed it The Beautiful Lady Without Mercy. ... In the first book, the couple (Anthony and Gloria) meet and fall in love. ... Anthony is broke, drunk, and is returning home from the war. ... War is merely a place to leave. ... When she married Anthony, she hated staying home in the evenings. ...
The book was also Pulitzer Prize nominated book. ... It was published in the United States in 1976 and nominated for a National Book Award in 1977 (Claude Grimal, 1995). ... Plot Summary The narrator's wife used to work for a blind man called Robert whose wife has recently died, and he's coming to visit the narrator and his wife. ... His wife reminds him that the blind man's wife, Beulah, just died and says that if he loves her, he'll welcome the blind man into their home. ... Setting The setting of the story is somehow complicated since the writer has not directly mentione...
The book marked a shift in Carver's fiction away from the bare minimalist prose of his earlier work toward a fuller, more detailed style. ... He married Gallagher in June, 1988, and died at their home in Port Angeles, Washington, on August 2,1988. ... Along the way he will spend the night at the home of the narrator and his wife. ... Then Robert places his hand on the hand of the narrator that holds the pen. ... The unnamed male narrator, called "Bub" by Robert, the blind man, is the protagonist of the story. ...
Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. ... In the course of his adventures, Patrick's life intersects with those of characters who reappear in Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning The English Patient. 256 pp. ...
