Tom Perrotta at the NYS Writers Institute in 2011 скачать в хорошем качестве

Tom Perrotta at the NYS Writers Institute in 2011

Tom Perrotta writes biting satires about suburban life and adolescent experience. His newest novel is The Leftovers (2011), which poses the question: What would happen if the New Testament 'Rapture' actually took place, and millions of people disappeared, leaving millions of others behind? Perrotta's previous novel was The Abstinence Teacher (2007), a foray into the world of public school sex education, and before that Little Children (2004), a New York Times and NPR "Best Book of 2004"; Joe College (2000), Election (1998) and The Wishbones (1997). Perrotta is also the author of a story collection, Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies (1994). The tale of a bitterly fought election for High School Class President, Election (1998) became a hit 1999 movie starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick, and earned both Perrotta and co-screenwriter Jim Taylor an Oscar nomination for "Best Screenplay." Perrotta shared a second Oscar nomination with director Todd Field for their 2006 screen adaptation of Little Children. The film version starred Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson.