![]() ![]() Ask the Dust by John Fante: Widely regarded as a defining Los Angeles novel, Ask the Dust is a semi-autobiographical work about Arturo Bandini, a writer struggling to make it in Depression-era LA.Ħ. This list seeks to bring together some of the best literature - both fiction and nonfiction - about and set in LA that highlight as many of the city’s different faces as possible.ĥ. Like the city itself, stories about Los Angeles are diverse and come with infinite possibilities. Downtown, Hollywood, South Central, the Westside, the Valley… they’re all different, and they’re all LA. These days, my go-to line is, “Whatever image you have in your mind of LA, the exact opposite of it exists too”. The truth is, LA is indescribable, because there’s just too much going on here. Is it really 75 and sunny every day? Do you see famous people all the time? Isn’t it dangerous with all the gangs? So what exactly is pressed juice? And I find myself constantly rolling my eyes and chuckling at people’s judgments of LA, no matter what they are. In a city of transplants, I am a rare loyal native, an Angeleno through and through. ![]() I was born and raised in Los Angeles, and (aside from a short stint in Pittsburgh for college) I’ve lived my whole life here. ![]()
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In the sixth grade, my parents forced me to go to summer camp. ![]() ![]() ![]() Inspired by a true story-and now a major motion picture- Room is told by a five-year-old boy, Jack, in a stream-of-consciousness narrative. The book met with dreadful reviews when it was first published and was considered offensive to public morality after Wilde’s death, the book quickly became a classic and a symbol of its era. It’s the story of a beautiful young man who sacrifices his soul in search of eternal youth. Wilde’s only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray is a remarkable work of imagination. ![]() The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde ![]() Patrick’s Day, Writer’s Relief has created a list of our favorite books by Irish authors that deserve some room on your bookshelf! Must-Read Books By Irish Authors As the home of the Blarney stone, Ireland has produced some of the greatest talkers-and writers!-over the centuries. ![]() ![]() Despite being almost a decade younger than Alexis, Daniel has been smitten since rescuing her car from a ditch while she was passing through Wakan the pair shared a memorable one-night stand. Her only respite comes in the form of Daniel Grant, a handsome carpenter who's the mayor of small-town Wakan, Minnesota. ![]() When Derek announces he's gotten married while working in Cambodia for Doctors Without Borders and that he's planning to stay there with his new wife, the responsibility of working at the hospital and producing future surgeons falls to Alexis. 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She is sent to live with Aitrus and his family, who befriends her and promises to teach her more about the culture. After the death of her father, she decided to explore the cavern in the volcano one last time and accidentally stumbles into D'ni, where she is soon imprisoned.Īfter proving her intelligence to the D'ni council by speaking to them in D'ni, they allow her to live in D'ni, but she is forbidden from returning to the surface, as they still do not trust her fully. Īs a young girl, she assisted in the study of the volcano which stood atop the Great Shaft that led down to D'ni. Her father used to say to her about The Whole image of things how looking at a problem from any angles, considering how the pieces are interrelated and coming up with answers. ![]() ![]() One of the characters in " Hearts of Atlantis," published by King in 1999, will also turn out to be important down the line. 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