Check out these updates from Omnivoracious for August 25, 2013.
Character Comebacks: King, Fielding, Grisham, and Doyle Catch Up With Old Favorites
They begin as strangers on the page, slowly coming to life in our minds. We picture the way they look. We imagine their mannerisms. We form opinions about their personalities.
In return, they tap into our emotions, entertaining us or irritating us, making us laugh or cry or scream or cringe. They teach us something about ourselves. And sometimes, when they’re particularly special, they stick…
Character Comebacks: Stephen King Brings Back Danny Torrance
It was 1977 when Stephen King published The Shining. Since then, he has hinted a few times at writing a new story for Danny Torrance. In one interview he went so far as to wonder what kind of kids Danny and Firestarter Charlie McGee might have. Now, 36 years after we first followed Danny and his parents to the ominous Overlook Hotel, that hypothetical sequel has become a reality. Doctor Sleep, a …
Character Comebacks: Helen Fielding Brings Back Bridget Jones
Since the first novel, Bridget Jones's Diary, was published in 1996, our fickle protagonist's affections have swung like a pendulum between arch-rivals Mark Darcy and Daniel Cleaver. It's been 15 years since the follow-up Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and seven since Fielding's 2005-2006 column ran in the Independent, where she first published Bridget's …
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