Results for: books tagged ‘Adolescence’
Welcome to the Dollhouse: Todd Solondz
Welcome to the Dollhouse is a stark suburban comedy about 11-year-old Dawn Weiner, a middle child in middle school in the middle of New Jersey. Sometimes hated, often reviled, seldom ... More
The Pyramid: William Golding
Oliver is eighteen, and wants to enjoy himself before going to university. But this is the 1920s, and he lives in Stilbourne, a small English country town, where everyone knows ... More
Loss of Sexual Innocence: Mike Figgis
Mike Figgis's Loss of Sexual Innocence is a fascinating fusion of stories, dreams, images and music. The film is a meditation on the process of growing up, and the inevitable ... More
The Harvest: Christopher Hart
A novel about adolescence and first love, about English nature and the profound changes affecting our rural landscape, The Harvest is a contemporary and unsentimental elegy for an entire class ... More
Madame Melville: Richard Nelson
Set in 1966 in a soon-to-be-exploding Paris, Madame Melville is the intimate story of Carl, a fifteen-year-old American and his teacher, the beautiful Claudie Melville. Over a night and a ... More
In Flame: Gaye Hicyilmaz
Helen is now 14. Seven years ago, her older brother was killed in a car accident and when she meets a local girl, Sam, also recently bereaved, she begins to ... More
Ellie and the Shadow Man: Maurice Gee
Ellie Crowther is fourteen and living in a hostel where her mother, a single parent, is a matron. There is much she doesn't understand about men and love and sex, ... More
Gabriel's Gift: Hanif Kureishi
The protagonist of Hanif Kureishi's delightful novel is Gabriel, a fifteen-year-old North London schoolboy trying to come to terms with a new life, after the equilibrium of his family home ... More
Goodbye Tsugumi: Banana Yoshimoto
An elegiac story of two young cousins coming of age at the Japanese seaside, Goodbye Tsugumi is an enchanting novel from one of Japan's finest writers.Banana Yoshimoto's novels have made ... More
The Book of Proper Names: Amelie Nothomb
The Book of Proper Names is the story of the hapless orphan girl, Plectrude. Raised by her aunt, and unaware of the dark secret behind her past, she is a ... More
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