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Sophie's Choice is a 1979 novel by American author William Styron, the author's last novel.It concerns the relationships among three people sharing a boarding house in Brooklyn: Stingo, a young aspiring writer from the South, Jewish scientist Nathan Landau, and his lover, Sophie, a Polish-Catholic survivor of the German Nazi concentration camps, whom Stingo befriends.
Sophie's Choice is an opera by the British composer Nicholas Maw, with a libretto by the composer based on the novel of the same name by the American novelist William Styron. It was premiered on 7 December 2002 at the Royal Opera House , London.
DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim, along with his wife, Elsie B. Wollheim, [1] following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy."
The book begins with Sophie receiving two messages in her mailbox and a postcard addressed to Hilde Møller Knag. Afterwards, she receives a packet of papers, part of a course in philosophy. Sophie, without the knowledge of her mother, becomes the student of an old philosopher, Alberto Knox. Alberto teaches her about the history of philosophy.
Who Fears Death is a science fantasy novel by Nigerian-American writer Nnedi Okorafor, published in 2010 by DAW, then an imprint of Penguin Books.It was awarded the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, [1] [2] as well as the 2010 Carl Brandon Kindred Award "for an outstanding work of speculative fiction dealing with race and ethnicity."
The action of the novel unfolds in a single long weekend following an incident in which a stray cat bites Sophie on the hand. Though she refuses to see a doctor, Sophie worries incessantly that she may have contracted rabies. Sophie attends a party, lunches with a friend, shops for kitchen appliances, and drives with Otto to their country home.
Rebecca Sophia Clarke (1833-1906) Rebecca Sophia Clarke (February 22, 1833 – August 10, 1906), [1] also known as Sophie May, was an American author of children's fiction.. Using her nieces and nephews as inspiration, she wrote realistic stories about child
Sophie Mackintosh (born 1988) [1] is a British novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, The Water Cure, was nominated for the 2018 Man Booker Prize . [ 2 ] In 2023, she was named on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list, compiled every 10 years since 1983, identifying the 20 most significant British novelists aged under 40.