The amazingly beautiful 40th anniversary editions of Little, Big are shipping! BUT there are 500 people whose addresses still need to be confirmed before their books can go out. Spread the word to anywhere book lovers might gather.
“Their chemistry is extraordinary in it, the playfulness & heartbreak of it & fights & silliness. It's a thrilling performance from both of them, & together as well, because it's a marriage & a portrait of what it means to try & create a family.”
Stories inside, each one nested within all the others; as though all the stories we had ever been inside of lay still nested inside of us, back to the beginning, whenever that is or was.
July's newsletter ended up going out way later than I intended because I accidentally wrote full reviews of John Crowley's first two novels. But hey, that's just more reason to sign up I guess!
I cannot be the only cinemaphile anticipating the summer release of We Live In Time, the John Crowley directed drama starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield in the lead roles. The talented duo have Academy Award nominations, and the buzz from the Irish Mirror via MSN is that perhaps director Crowley has made a film that could earn him consideration as well.
Here's a blurb from the article written by Ruairi Scott Byrne:
"John Crowley's film Brooklyn was in the running for Best Picture at the 2016 Academy Awards but the Dublin filmmaker narrowly missed out on a Best Director Oscar nomination.
That could change this year thanks to his latest release, the upcoming romance drama We Live in Time.
The film stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, both Oscar nominees, and while plot details have not been revealed, production company StudioCanal describes the drama as a “funny, deeply moving and immersive love story”.
The film has been picked up by renowned US distributors A24, who were behind Oscars juggernaut Everything Everywhere All at Once, with We Live in Time expected to be given a strong awards push ahead of next year's Oscars."
Link to full article here: https://www.msn.com/en-ie/entertainment/movies/oscars-2025-the-irish-actors-and-filmmakers-who-could-be-in-the-running-at-next-years-academy-awards/ar-BB1jLxoe
guys when they marry rich to become a writer (unsuccessful) and spend their days pulled by the frivolities of their spouse without reflecting upon their life together only to realize after upon reflection after their spouse's death how that time was the best part of their life and they can never get back to it without distorting their memories in perpetual winter
Curious if anyone here has read Little, Big by John Crowley. I read it a few years ago and it made a sizable impression on me, though I've never been able to articulate my thoughts about it (except a vague dislike of the obvious "this was written by a horny straight man" moments). Because it's such an odd book but also the kind of thing I feel like an LM Montgomery fan may enjoy!