La Nostalgie de l’Ange – The Lovely Bones
Woaw.
I discovered this book, i’m gonna buy it today or tomorrow, probably in english. The Lovely Bones. It looks so amazing. And the adaptation, directed by Peter Jackson (Lord of the Ring Saga, King Kong) looks more than amazing. I know i’m gonna cry when i’ll see it.
I cann’t wait for december, now >.<
The Lovely Bones is a 2002 novel by Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being brutally raped and murdered, watches fromheaven as her family and friends go on with their lives, while she herself comes to terms with her own death. The novel received a great deal of critical praise and became an instant bestseller.
A film adaptation of the novel is currently in post-production and is being directed by Peter Jackson, who personally purchased the rights. It is set for release in late 2009.
Wikipedia.
And, here, even more woaw :
The novel draws from the author’s personal experiences from when she was raped during her freshman year at Syracuse University. In Lucky, Sebold’s 1997 memoir of the event and its aftermath, she describes how it transformed her life, especially after learning that the rapist’s previous victim had died. After later seeing the rapist on the street, she reported him to the police and eventually testified against him. He was convicted and received the maximum sentence.
She began the novel in the early 1990s as an outgrowth of those events. However, she fiercely resists suggestions that it had anything to do with the aftermath of the rape:
Wikipedia too.
Anyway, here is the *amazing* trailer of the film =D
I actually bought the book towards the end of 2007, just before I had my little stay in the hospital for my crap mental state. I read some of it while I was there, never finished it, though. Mainly because I’m not much of a reader, but my sister borrowed the book, too, so I just kinda forgot about it after a while. But I’m excited for the movie, I