The books in Peter Brown’s “Wild Robot” trilogy were the first to wallop my son with the mix of tragedy and joy that define great art and also real life. “It made me sad that Roz had to leave ...
We love a light and breezy read, but sometimes we want a book that really makes us feel. That’s where these 25 sad books come into play. Load up your Kindle or your Bookshop cart and make sure you’ve ...
If you read Stephen King, fear is probably the emotion you're going to feel most often, since he tends to write horror stories or sometimes thrillers, sci-fi books, or fantasy novels that are ...
CHILDREN AND FOOLS—Thomas Mann —Knopf ($2.50). Thomas Mann is less known in this country for Death in Venice, a collection of long short stories, than for his two-volume “naturalistic” ...
In typically sparse Rosenesque prose, it deals with the spiritual darkness that descended on the writer in the months following his loss, and the unfathomable lurches of joy and sadness that he felt ...
Following a critically acclaimed world premiere at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, 201 Dance Company has announced the UK tour of Sad Book which was inspired by Michael Rosen's award-winning novel.
Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves, spread from “Shadows” (2016) (image courtesy Steidl) Here, selections from Shadows. Read on a bench with a sandwich. Alexandra Grant and Keanu Reeves, spread from ...
Having the time of his life: The cast of Sad Book, with Alan Coveney (centre) as Michael Rosen, while the writer narrates offstage Photo: Josh Brady Sad Book was written in the wake of the sudden ...