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A series of postcards and letters inside envelopes Originally the first book in a trilogy, The Griffin and Sabine Saga, Bantock wrote another trilogy in the same format to extend the story in The Morning Star Trilogy: Barth, John: LETTERS: 1979 Letters from seven writers, some addressed to the "author", plus one will codicil: Bauer, Wolfgang ...
In November 2021 The Postcard won the Prix Renaudot des Lycéans. [8] The Postcard was one of Time Magazine's must-read books of 2023. [5] The Postcard was a finalist for the 2023 Book Club category and the fiction category for the National Jewish Book Award. [9] The Postcard was one of the Library Journal's best books of 2023. [10]
The first half of the book, titled Envois (sendings), contains a series of love letters addressed by a travelling "salesman" to an unnamed loved one. The latter remembers, for example, "the day we bought that bed (the complications with the credit and the punch card in the store, and then one of those awful scenes between us)". [2]
It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1977, one of the two most prestigious literary awards in the United States. [1] The book tells the story of retired literary agent Joe Allston, who receives a postcard from an old friend, a Danish countess named Astrid. Joe initially hides the postcard from his wife, Ruth.
Postcards has been likened by David Bradley to a Great American Novel. [1] It is the predecessor to Proulx's award-winning The Shipping News. Postcards cuts between stories of Loyal's travels and the stories of his family back in Vermont, to whom he sends irregular postcards about his life and experiences. Loyal never leaves a return address ...
Diary form is frequently used in fiction for young adults and tweens as well as adults. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It has been used for multiple books in a series following the diarist's life over many years, such as the Adrian Mole series, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and the Dork Diaries series, all of which chronicle the lives of characters who start a ...
Postcards from No Man's Land is a young-adult novel by Aidan Chambers, published by Bodley Head in 1999.Two stories are set in Amsterdam during 1994 and 1944. One features 17-year-old visitor Jacob Todd during the 50-year commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem, in which his grandfather fought; the other features 19-year-old Geertrui late in the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Postcards from the Boys is a book by Ringo Starr released in 2004. It features reproductions of postcards sent to Starr by the other three members of the Beatles , along with his commentary. The postcards range from the mid-1960s to the 1990s.