i need a good foreign novel that has never been made into a movie...?

Question

it must be by a foreign author who was not born in the US and the book must not have ever been made into a movie. preferably one that depicts the author's culture. must be an adult reading level...i need it for a project for freshman year of high school i got to write a 3 page review and create newspaper advertisements

any suggestions?

Answer 1

Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto.

Answer 2

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is a pretty cool book...a little weird, but very interesting (the basic story: the devil comes to Moscow!).

I second the vote for Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto, and it's short, too.

If the foreign writer can be an English-speaker, I'd recommend reading anything by Ian McEwan. Some of his books have been turned into movies (check ahead of time to make sure) and some of them are maybe not appropriate for high school freshman (but that's not for me to say), but they're usually very suspenseful and exciting.

"Paddy Clarke, Ha ha ha" by Roddy Doyle might be a good one...I think this is my top recommendation. It's by an Irish author, and it's an adult-level book about a 10-year-old boy. It definitely gives you an idea of what life was like in Dublin, and it's not too long. It's never been made into a movie as far as I know, but other books by Doyle have been (like The Commitments). Good luck!

Answer 3

The long walk. Slavomir Rawicz

Epic. A true story about a Polish cavalry officer taken prisoner by the Russians just before WWII. He was tortured and sent to a prison work camp in the snowy north. He made an escape with several other guys and ended up WALKING to India.

Great book, I'm sure the movie would ruin it.

Answer 4

The Death of Artemio Cruz, Carlos Fuentes. I read this in college and I thought that it was excellent. It involves adult content (language, mostly, if I recall correctly) and the second person narration explores Fuentes' culture.

Another book that I read in college that is both "adult" in theme and illustrative of the author's culture was: London Fields by Martin Amis. Good luck.

Answer 5

Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert
Mission to Kala by Mongo Beti
Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe

Answer 6

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Answer 7

The Holy Women by Qaisara Sharif

Answer 8

The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola is a wonderful book. Read for African Lit several years ago.

Answer 9

The long walk is a good story but it seems very unlikely it was true - see the link

for anyone who liked that book, I recommend that you read "as far as my feet will carry me" by J M Bauer - again probably not true but a good story nonetheless.

Answer 10

"The Long Walk" is overdue to be made into a film, the escape story of Slavomir Rawicz and his comrades is a powerful story.