Hello, everyone. I’m new to this board.
I work in the film industry, and I thought I’d do a post about books that are being made into movies, and then ask all of you what books you think would make for great movies (I’m always looking for new books to option).
Here are two books I adore that are being made into major movies:
The Kite Runner – Most of you certainly know of this book. It’s a tale of redemption set in Afghanistan. The novel unfolds in the early ‘70s (in what was a relatively calm and normal Afghanistan) and follows the novel’s protagonist, Amir, as he grows up in a country that starts to disintegrate around him. Amir and his father later flee for America for a time, but Amir returns to Taliban-run Afghanistan to try and redeem himself for a cowardly act he committed as a young boy. This is a powerful, vivid book that is set in a fascinating land and that revolves around very memorable characters. If you haven’t read it yet, you should before it hits the big screen. The Kite Runner should make a remarkable movie.
Beneath a Marble Sky – This novel isn’t nearly as well known as The Kite Runner. But it should be. This is a wonderful, beautiful, and pulse-quickening novel about the creation of the Taj Mahal. Beneath a Marble sky is narrated by Jahanara, the daughter of the emperor who built the Taj Mahal. In Beneath a Marble Sky, Jahanara tells of her parents’ fabled love story, of her own forbidden affair with the architect of the Taj Mahal, and of the civil war that consumed India immediately after the Taj Mahal was completed. This is an amazing debut novel. At its core it’s a love story, but it’s also a page-turner. This is a beautifully written novel, and I only wish I had discovered it earlier – before the film rights were optioned by someone else.
OK, so those are two recommendations from me. If you like big-canvas types of novels, these will be a great fit for you.
So now, has anyone read anything lately that they think would make an amazing movie? I’m interested to hear what’s out there.
Thanks.
- I.M.
I work in the film industry, and I thought I’d do a post about books that are being made into movies, and then ask all of you what books you think would make for great movies (I’m always looking for new books to option).
Here are two books I adore that are being made into major movies:
The Kite Runner – Most of you certainly know of this book. It’s a tale of redemption set in Afghanistan. The novel unfolds in the early ‘70s (in what was a relatively calm and normal Afghanistan) and follows the novel’s protagonist, Amir, as he grows up in a country that starts to disintegrate around him. Amir and his father later flee for America for a time, but Amir returns to Taliban-run Afghanistan to try and redeem himself for a cowardly act he committed as a young boy. This is a powerful, vivid book that is set in a fascinating land and that revolves around very memorable characters. If you haven’t read it yet, you should before it hits the big screen. The Kite Runner should make a remarkable movie.
Beneath a Marble Sky – This novel isn’t nearly as well known as The Kite Runner. But it should be. This is a wonderful, beautiful, and pulse-quickening novel about the creation of the Taj Mahal. Beneath a Marble sky is narrated by Jahanara, the daughter of the emperor who built the Taj Mahal. In Beneath a Marble Sky, Jahanara tells of her parents’ fabled love story, of her own forbidden affair with the architect of the Taj Mahal, and of the civil war that consumed India immediately after the Taj Mahal was completed. This is an amazing debut novel. At its core it’s a love story, but it’s also a page-turner. This is a beautifully written novel, and I only wish I had discovered it earlier – before the film rights were optioned by someone else.
OK, so those are two recommendations from me. If you like big-canvas types of novels, these will be a great fit for you.
So now, has anyone read anything lately that they think would make an amazing movie? I’m interested to hear what’s out there.
Thanks.
- I.M.
