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Author Mitzi Szereto brings you the entire cast of characters from Jane Austen's classic "Pride and Prejudice", this time caught with their breeches unbuttoned and their skirts raised high in this rewrite that goes all the way -- and then some! This is the book Jane Austen would have written, if only she'd had the nerve!
Coming in spring 2011. Pre-order your copy from your favourite bookseller!
Visit the "Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts" website at: http://mitziszereto.com/prideandprejudicehiddenlusts/Author Mitzi Szereto brings you the entire cast of characters from Jane Austen's... more
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Abdu Khal and Abdullah Thabet, two male novelists in Saudi Arabia, have been arrested after asking for the autograph of Halima Muzfar, a female writer. The men were questioned but not charged.Abdu Khal and Abdullah Thabet, two male novelists in Saudi Arabia, have been arrested... more
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Award-winning novelist Ian McEwan has written his first opera libretto, a story of sexual obsession centring around an overbearing and arrogant composer who yearns for the thrills and passion of his youth.
McEwan's long-time friend Michael Berkeley composed the music for "For You," which has its world premiere in London on Tuesday after the planned launch was postponed earlier this year when the lead singer fell ill.
McEwan said he and Berkeley had talked on and off about collaborating on an opera for years, and that he was "half bullied" into writing For You when Berkeley received a commission from Music Theatre Wales to compose it.
He said he deliberately chose themes of sex, obsession, adultery and revenge as he believed they suited opera.
"What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate," he told Reuters in a recent interview.
"You can't really run a two hour opera round some muted murmuring," added the 60-year-old. "And also a sense of a character in the grip of something crazy was needed. For me it's something that's always been there in my writing."
For You opens with composer/conductor Charles Frieth, a man in his mid-60s, at a rehearsal of one of his early works.
Award-winning novelist Ian McEwan has written his first opera libretto, a story of... more
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