novella
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In Birgitta Trotzig’s novella, a young woman’s toughness in the face of poverty and heartbreak sets her apart from her village peers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
In Birgitta Trotzig’s novella, a young woman’s toughness in the face of poverty and heartbreak sets her apart from her village peers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Director and co-writer Clint Bentley filmed the ending of Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella, in which Joel Edgerton’s solitary Robert visits a carnival, encountering a strange wolf-boy.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026
"Train Dreams," director Clint Bentley's adaptation of the Denis Johnson novella, follows a railroad worker and the transformation of the American northwest across the 20th century.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
Not since her week in Primrose Hill, typing out the novella, and what a foolish excitement that seemed now.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
