![]() ![]() ![]() It has also made waves in the entertainment industry especially in Hollywood with its film and musical adaptations. It was in the New York Times Best Seller List immediately after its publication in October 1996 and has been translated into many languages including Spanish and French. ‘ The Notebook‘ was a paperback best seller for more than a year after its publication. Readers who enjoyed ‘ The Notebook‘ would likely also enjoy the other book titles mentioned above. These books also have themes of love, mortality, and determination in common. Like eighty-nine-year-old Noah Calhoun in ‘ The Notebook‘ who does not concede defeat to Alzheimer’s disease there is ninety-one-year-old Ira Stevinson in ‘ The Longest Ride‘ who stubbornly clings to life in the face of a fatal accident then ninety-three-year-old Jacob Jankowski in ‘ Water for Elephants‘ who escapes a nursing home to go after his dream of reliving life in a circus and old Santiago in ‘ The Old Man and the Sea‘ who does not allow an eighty-four days unlucky streak deter his resolve in his fishing venture. Books similar to ‘ The Notebook‘ by Nicholas Sparks in this regard include ‘ The Longest Ride‘ also by Nicholas Sparks, ‘ Water for Elephants‘ by Sara Gruen, and ‘ The Old Man and the Sea‘ by Ernest Hemingway.Īll the above books have aged protagonists who despite their old age, display admirable strength of character and determination in going after what they desire. Novels with aged protagonists have an earthly quality to them. Eleven of his twenty-two novels including ‘ The Notebook‘ have been adapted into a film, putting him on the list of one of the most adapted novelists in the world. Nicholas Sparks has about twenty-two published novels and two non-fiction books in his literary career. Park secured a 1 million US dollar advance for the book from the Time Warner Book Group and on October 1, 1996, the novel was officially published. ‘ The Notebook’s’ manuscript was discovered by literary agent Theresa Park from her agency’s slush pile and after reading it, Park offered to represent Sparks. According to Sparks, ‘ The Notebook‘ was inspired by the love story of his wife’s grandparents who had been married for sixty years at the time Sparks was getting married to his wife Cathy Cote. ‘ The Notebook‘ is Nicholas Sparks’ first published novel, although it was the third novel he wrote as the first two were never published. Climax: Anne’s warning visit to Noah’s home.Setting: New Bern, a Southern town in post-WW II USA.The way Noah and Allie face the challenges to their love makes ‘ The Notebook‘ by Nicholas Sparks an inspiring story that quickly became a bestseller and a flourishing motion picture after its release. The novel tells of the passionate union between Noah Calhoun and Allie Nelson who fall in love as teenagers but whose love is threatened by separation, class discrimination, aging, and disease. 10) THERE IS NO NOTEBOOK ANYWERE IN THIS DAMN FILM.‘ The Notebook‘ by Nicholas Sparks is a novel with a story of enduring love and unwavering devotion between soul mates. ![]() 9) The deaths! Definitely necessary to the story, and not just a shameless add-on by the film team to make us cry even more than we already had. 8) Light switches in very dark rooms are usually switched to the off position. Even if she does have impeccable choice in stolen-letter-tying-ribbons. 7) Allie's mum kept Noah's letters for SEVEN YEARS before giving them to Allie? This woman is a hoarder. It's also completely different from the handwriting on the letters he was sending to Allie, so. 5) Who fixes the fence? Who moves Allie's car! Where can we get some of these magical Oompa Loompa fairies! 6) Noah's impossibly gorgeous handwriting is neither that of a man, nor that of a rugged woodsman who built an entire house by himself. 3) How many swans and geese are necessary for a romantic boating scene? Could the director not have filled ALL the water with geese and swans? 4) Noah's shirt just disappears from one scene to the next in a textbook example of the "Ryan Gosling effect". 2) The present day storyline ruins the past Noah and Allie storyline by saying they got together. When you need a line, make it a Cliché." Yep, even by Nicholas Sparks' standards, The Notebook is fiiilled with cliches. 1) "The preceding line was brought to you by Cliché. Here are some of our favourite wrongs (that, much as we love the film, are totally true). ![]()
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