The Thirteenth Tale crumpled and folded over each other. The words on the pages indicate the pages are from Charlotte Brontë’s "Jane Eyre", a book which is known to have influenced some characters in the novel, such as Margaret Lea and Vida Winter. "Jane Eyre" provides a link among all these characters, and the ripped pages indicate the ending of all their stories. Death Death is explored throughout the story; from the beginning to the end. In the very beginning, in Margaret's story, Margaret's conjoined twin sister died. In Vida Winter's story, Isabelle's mother died at childbirth, leaving her father, George, depressed. He
In the Name of the Father (novel) In the Name of the Father (novel) In the Name of the Father is the short first novel by award winning Italian American writer Tony Ardizzone. First published in 1978, the novel is a minimalist work and is the coming-of-age story of Tonto Schwartz. The novel placed Ardizzone amongst the ranks of minimalist writers like Raymond Carver and Ann Beattie, though his later work was not minimalist. A novel deeply in the American grain that tells the story of the funny and painful transit to manhood accomplished (and endured) by Tonto Schwartz. It's the story of an emotional search for