Books by Jessica Bruder
“Bruder’s book started as a cover story for Harper’s Magazine. She created this book about low-income Americans, how they survive, how they travel from place to place, how they take seasonal employment…The spine is provided by a woman called Linda May. The book follows her travels until she eventually finds a place in the desert where some sort of home can be built. There’s a sense of somebody settling down at the end. Throughout the book, there are several other characters who the writer and Linda May encounter in their travels. One of the places they visit is a town called Empire in Nevada, formerly centered upon a gypsum plant that was closed in 2011. The book has an episodic structure. We learn the stories of various individuals and couples who have previously had a stable existence, but who now find themselves on the road.” Read more...
The Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations
Peter Markham, Film Director
Interviews where books by Jessica Bruder 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.
