http://www.electricarticles.com This is the syndication feed for electricarticles.com Writing novels is a great profession! Many aspire, few succeed. But those who DO succeed reap great rewards... Writing a first novel is a challenge, a challenge that can be made much easier by taking the time to learn the tricks and skills of the creative writer's trade. If you think you might be interested in writing a novel someday, there is help and guidance available. Learn from those who have gone before you, and succeeded! For details, read on... http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2297 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2297 Jorge Chavez Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:30:01 GMT Breathing Lessons won a Pultizer prize for fiction for its author, Anne Tyler. In the novel she describes a fairly typical outing and homecopming for some fairly typical Balimore folk. The lives described, however, are anything from placid. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2034 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2034 Philip Spires Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:06:24 GMT In Shakespeare, Bill Bryson has accomplished a great feat - the publication of a short, succinct, highly entertaining and informative work on the greatest writer of all time. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2033 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2033 Philip Spires Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:05:21 GMT It is over forty years since John Braine published Life At The Top, a novel that presents a stark, perhaps cynical view of the British class system. Its frank portrayal of relationships and sex caused a stir at the time. Fifty years later, it is still poignant, and it also reminds us that some things have changed a lot, though not the British class system. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2032 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2032 Philip Spires Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:04:17 GMT In The Mission Song John le Carre examines the establishment of a deal that will hopefully bring stability to an area of central Africa. It will also create profit for a selection of its sponsors, a situation not appreciated by everyone involved. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2031 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=2031 Philip Spires Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:02:38 GMT A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini continues the author's depiction of Afghanistan's recent history via the experiences of powerless individuals caught up in the tagedy. In this book he charts the lives of two very different women, Mariam and Laila, whose divergent lives intersect for a while. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1991 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1991 Philip Spires Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:03:44 GMT Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini has been showered with priase and attention since it publication. The book deals with Afghanis experience of the turmaoils that have beset their country in recent decades, and this is seen through the lives of a pair of friends who grew up together. It is a deeply moving book. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1990 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1990 Philip Spires Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:02:46 GMT In The Statement Brian Moore's main character is pursued by a Jewish group wanting to avenge a wartime massacre. The book presents a good read alongside many missed opportunities. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1882 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1882 Philip Spires Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:22:55 GMT The Gathering by Anne Enright has recently won the Booker prize for fiction. It's a novel that deals with private grief, privately, where strong emotions cannot be completely expressed, and where there always has to be someone or something to blame. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1758 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1758 Philip Spires Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:52:49 GMT A S Byatt’s A Whistling Woman is a strange book. At one level it’s a straightforward account of university life, with its politics, affairs and academic pursuit. But then there’s the suspicion that none of this is ever satisfying for those involved. They yearn for something bigger. http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1757 http://www.electricarticles.com/display.aspx?id=1757 Philip Spires Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:52:07 GMT