Stories added by rachani

Kairos

Fan CastingKairos

by Jenny Erpenbeck

Story added by rachani on July 19, 2024

"A young student in East Berlin falls in love with a much older writer in the run-up to the fall of the Berlin Wall" © 2024 npr

James

Fan CastingJames

by Percival Everett

Story added by rachani on June 27, 2024

"Percival Everett's gleeful reboot of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn puts the enslaved Jim centre stage in a horrifying, painful and funny novel." © 2024 Guardian News & Media Limited

Night Watch

Fan CastingNight Watch

by Jayne Anne Phillips

Story added by rachani on June 27, 2024

"A beautifully rendered novel set in West Virginia’s Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in the aftermath of the Civil War where a severely wounded Union veteran, a 12-year-old girl and her mother, long abused by a Confederate soldier, struggle to heal". LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION • A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR © 2024 The Pulitzer Prizes

Hamnet

Fan CastingHamnet

by Maggie O'Farrell

Story added by rachani on February 1, 2024

Hamnet is a 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell. It is a fictional account of William Shakespeare's son, Hamnet, who died at age eleven in 1596, focusing on his parents' grief. (From Wikipedia)

The Wager

Fan CastingThe Wager

A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder

by David Grann

Story added by rachani on September 24, 2023

"A story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth". Penguin Random House