I read The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd a few years ago. I even liked it so much, I went out and bought her next book, The Mermaid Chair,when it came out in bookstores. It's one of those "literary" novels, so the fact that I read it in the first place was unusual for me--I usually only stick with genres that contain some sort of romance. But to then go off and purchase more from that author... that should tell you right there how much I appreciated this story. So, I'm particularly excited to see that it has come out in movie format. I love it when books I've read come out with a movie. Comparing their artistic differences and similarities is one of my favorite hobbies.
A few other "literary" pieces I've read and compared to its movie counterpart are:
- Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts (movie)
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (movie)
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell (movie)
- Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns (movie)
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (movie)
- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (movie)
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (movie)
- Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (movie)
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (movie)
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding (movie)
- The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton (movie)
- The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (movie)
- Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson (movie)
- A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams (movie)
What are some of your favorite movie/book combos?
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