Books by Esther Allen (translator)
“Antonio di Benedetto is rather less well-known than some of his American contemporaries…It’s the story of an official, a former chief administrator, Don Diego de Zama, in an outpost of the Spanish Empire in the late 1700s, who is seeking advancement and reposting that will enable him to reunite with his wife and children…He’s also a very unattractive character…He’s desperately flawed, amoral and ever unsuccessful.” Read more...
The Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations
Peter Markham, Film Director
Interviews where books by Esther Allen (translator) were recommended
The Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations, recommended by Peter Markham
Both books and movies seek to tell compelling stories, but they do so in different ways. Peter Markham, both a director and a long-time teacher of directing at the American Film Institute, talks us through five of his favourite book-to-movie adaptations—and what they reveal about successfully bringing a book to the screen.
