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Books into Movies
This is a good time to sit back and lose yourself in a good story. Here's a list of books that can be found on the big screen. |
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Movie: WENDY AND LUCY
Book: The short story "Train Choir" from Livability by Jon Raymond
All of these tales by screenwriter and novelist Raymond ("The Half-Life") deal with seizing opportunities to reunite with friends, taking a temporary respite from grief, and starting a new life path, among other very human experiences. The author's simple yet elegant writing style, with concise descriptions and well-paced action sequences, is taut and powerful. The characters may seem like ordinary people on the surface, but Raymond explores the depths of their emotions to the core, revealing a deep insight into personal motivation that is impressive in a writer so young. Two of the short stories in this collection were inspiration for the films "Old Joy" (2006) and "Wendy and Lucy", which was released Dec. 10. (From Library Journal)
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Movie: MARLEY & ME
Book: Marley & Me: live and love with the world's worst dog by John Grogan
Follows the life story of an exuberant golden Labrador who gets into perpetual trouble and experiences a range of inspiring adventures, from comforting his human companions in the aftermath of a devastating miscarriage, to shutting down an entire beach, to guarding a seventeen-year-old neighbor in the aftermath of a stabbing attack. |
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Movie: THE READER
Book: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
A fifteen-year-old boy, Michael Berg becomes embroiled in a passionate, clandestine love affair with an older woman, an event that has a profound impact on his life, especially years later, when he, now a law student, encounters her as a criminal on trial. |
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Movie: REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
Book: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
The devastating effects of work, adultery, rebellion, and selfdeception slowly destroy the once successful marriage of Frank and April Wheeler, a suburban American couple. |
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Movie: THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Book: The short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" from Six Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nine of Fitzgerald's most famous stories, including 'The Jelly-Bean, ' 'The Camel's Back, ' 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, ' 'Tarquin of Cheapside, ' 'O Russet Witch!, ' 'The Less of Happiness, ' 'The Adjuster, ' 'Hot and Cold Blood, ' and 'Gretchen's Forty Winks.' |
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Movie: YES MAN
Book: Yes man by Danny Wallace
After a chance meeting on a bus with a man who tells him to "say yes more," the author recounts his adventures and misadventures during a year in which he decides to say yes to everything. |
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