One movie you'd like to adapt into a book.

cynic

bookbandit 2-5-2018 06:57 PM
I downloaded all of Monty Python (the entire series), and I am struggling through it. I don't find ...

Ditto on British humor. I read a couple of Bill Bryson books but they did not work for me.

bookbandit

cynic 2-5-2018 09:51 PM
Ditto on British humor. I read a couple of Bill Bryson books but they did not work for me.

Bill Bryson's "A short history of nearly everything" was engrossing, if not funny. I liked his "Notes from a small island". At least the prologue was funny. The lost continent (travels in small town america - alternative title: Notes from a big country) is not half bad. Bryson writes mostly travelogs, so there is only so much humor you can pack into something that is essentially fact based. Also if he is gonna write about the UK or the US (Like the life and times of the thunderbolt kid - which was about his childhood growing up in the US), then it'd be hard for us to identify with most of it. But then again, you could derive vicarious pleasure - which is primarily the purpose of a travelog - from reading and googling down things. He came in for a bit of flak from academicians, hardly being an authority on linguistics, for his treatment of the subject matter when he did books on the English language. "Mother Tongue" being one of them. But, yeah, I see what you mean. Bryson can lose you at times. Made in America was a bit of a pain for me to read. But I enjoyed reading "I'm a stranger here myself" which was an anthology of newspaper articles he wrote about life in the states.

cynic

bookbandit 2-5-2018 10:17 PM
Bill Bryson's "A short history of nearly everything" was engrossing, if not funny. I liked his "No ...

I picked Notes from a Small Island and another one ... unable to recall the name. Struggled to finish both books although they came highly recommended. I do read travelogs, liked Hot Tea Across India. Maybe it is the geographic location like you said.

bookwormsnm

Groundhog Day, The subtle nuances including his inner thoughts can be better explored in a book

booklover1980

I believe it woukd be groundhog day

b_mayukh

Very tough task. It's usually the other way round. A bengali film HAAMI can be a good try.

Meself

b_mayukh 29-6-2018 01:45 PM
Very tough task. It's usually the other way round. A bengali film HAAMI can be a good try.

Now that you have mentioned Bengali flicks, I'd like to see Pather Panchali adapted into a book .

b_mayukh

Meself 30-6-2018 06:40 PM
Now that you have mentioned Bengali flicks, I'd like to see Pather Panchali adapted into a book .
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actually the film is taken from a novel named AAM AATIR VEPU by BIBHUTI BHUSHAN BANDOPADHYAY

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Meself

b_mayukh 30-6-2018 06:50 PM
actually the film is taken from a novel named AAM AATIR VEPU by BIBHUTI BHUSHAN BANDOPADHYAY

Oh really?? I had no idea.