10 Iconic Last Lines in Classic Literature Novels (Picture Credit – Instagram) The concluding lines of a novel frequently leave an indelible impression on readers, lingering long after the book has been closed. These final words can summarise the story, leave the reader with a poignant thought, or create a satisfying sense of closure. Many…

Algernon Blackwood’s “The Willows” is arguably the scariest story ever written. It is certainly the weirdest. First published in 1907, “The Willows” begins in familiar territory as it tells the tale of two adventurers canoeing down the Danube. Our protagonists are warned against a vaguely evil spot by superstitious locals. Naturally, they ignore this advice…

December 15, 2023, 11:00am Today, the National Book Critics Circle announced the longlist for the Barrios Book in Translation Prize. The prize, now in its second year, “celebrates the artistic merit of literature in translation in any genre and seeks to recognize the valuable work of translators in expanding and enriching American literary culture by…

From classics like The Godfather and Jaws to modern marvels like The Notebook, Game of Thrones, and Crazy Rich Asians, many of history’s greatest films and TV shows began as novels. A well-written book provides the ultimate Hollywood source material, with complex characters and an engrossing plot that, when read, already plays like a movie…

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Boys in the Valley is the most frightening novel of the year. There, I said it! The story takes place in an isolated Pennsylvania orphanage in 1905, where the boys’ lives of drudgery, clerical surveillance, and casual cruelty are bad enough, but the arrival of policemen and their demonically possessed prisoner kicks things up a…

Another year, another crop of newly-minted literary honorees. From the Pulitzer to the Booker, the Nebula to the Edgar, here are the winners of the biggest book prizes of 2023. Congratulations to all! * PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION Awarded for distinguished fiction published in book form during the year by an American author, preferably dealing…

The seventh edition of Kerala Literature Festival will be held in Kozhikode from January 11-14. Kozhikode is all set to host the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF), the first after being named City of Literature by UNESCO a month ago. The seventh edition of the famous festival will be held on the beach, where Portuguese explorer…

Author and Congress member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor says there have been many successful translations from Malayalam literature in the past few years. It has been a great year for Malayalam literature in translation and author Shashi Tharoor, the Congress member of Parliament from Kerala’s capital Thiruvananthapuram, has every reason to back the remarkable run…