Fiction

9 Responses to Fiction

1. jkgeddes says:

   November 18, 2008 at 11:56 am

   Please pass this to Mr. O’Nan — I loved Last Night at the Lobster and have been sending it around to members of my family – (we’re all big readers, and my dad – a retired eye doc in VT – is writing his first novel) —

   Has Lobster been considered for a movie? It would be a great one – and John C. Reilly IS your Manny —

   Thanks — looking forward to your next book —

   Best,

   Jennifer Geddes
   Senior Associate Research Editor, Parenting magazine
   New York City

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   • Janet Freeman says:

     December 11, 2011 at 12:55 pm

     I also Loved Last Night at the Lobster. Absolutely Loved it!!!

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2. ussprinceton says:

   January 2, 2009 at 6:44 pm

   I loved “Lobster” and was really disappointed when it ended. I read it on my Kindle and wasn’t prepared for it to be finished so soon. I agree that it would make a great little film. I was pleased that the author used a real restaurant as the setting. One small quibble, I would have liked to have read a few actual descriptions of food preparation. The dishes just seemed to appear at the end of the line.

   Burt

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3. Danny Smight says:

   January 10, 2010 at 4:03 pm

   I am a film student at UCLA and I have been trying relentlessly to find contact information for Mr. O’Nan. His ostensibly small but enormously powerful narrative touched me in such a profound and inexpressible way that I need to convey its affect on me to him. It would also make a wonderful piece of cinema and my dream is to be the one to usher it onto screen. Hopefully. Mr. O’Nan, if you’re out there, please know that I respect your vision immensely and would be honored to translate its quiet poignance and muted beauty of humanity onto screen.

   Sincerely,

   Danny Smight (Third Year Film Student at UCLA)

   dansmight@mac.com

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4. Mandy McGuire says:

   August 16, 2010 at 7:51 pm

   I read The Speed Queen when I was 17 (the year it came out) after stealing it from a friend (who has never had it returned to him). One of those damn books that has forever been stuck in my head, I have a compulsion to re-read it every few years. Just thought you should know.

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5. Tim Flanigan says:

   January 30, 2011 at 8:04 pm

   Stu,
   As a fellow survivor of BU ENG ’83, I’ve been an avid follower since I stumbled upon A Prayer for the Dying quite some time ago. It’s certainly been a while since Herb and Skippy graced the engineering classrooms!
   All the best for future success.
   Tim F.

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6. Elinor W. Williams says:

   December 9, 2011 at 9:52 pm

   I loved the two novels’Wish You Were Here” and “Emily Alone”. I have read these novels several times. Mr. O’Nan has a wonderful style of writing fiction. I love the way he described a beaded trail of water was left on the table-from Wish You Were Here. His descriptions of every day things seem so real. I hope that he will come out with another novel of the Maxwell family. Ella is my favorite among Emily’s grandchildren as I see myself in Ella. I also loved Justin Carlisle.

   Please let me know if you will be writing any more fiction on the Maxwell family.

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7. Marya Spont says:

   January 9, 2012 at 12:50 am

   Mr. O’Nan, thank you for taking the time and care to write “Emily, Alone.” The book made me want to be a better daughter and granddaughter, and overall a better person.

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8. frannie says:

   January 19, 2012 at 10:05 am

   I too loved ‘Lobster’ and since my family was in the process of closing a small family restaurant while I was reading it, it was especially meaningful for me. I am now reading ‘Emily’ and feel as though I inhabit the page. Mr. O’Nan, your style is so precise, it enriches my life, thank you!

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