Gilbert Cruz

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Gilbert Cruz

Credit... Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Credit... Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times A sus 82 años, Isabel Allende es una de las autoras en español más queridas y vendidas del mundo. Su obra se ha traducido a más de 40 idiomas y se han vendido 80 millones de ejemplares de sus libros en todo el mundo. Son muchos libros.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Gilbert Cruz

Credit... Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Credit... Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times At 82, Isabel Allende is one of the world's most beloved and best-selling Spanish-language authors. Her work has been translated into more than 40 languages, and 80 million copies of her books have been sold around the world. That's a lot of books.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Gilbert Cruz

17 hours agoPope Francis adored fútbol, and the soccer world returns the loveThe world's greatest soccer stars have posted tributes to the Argentine pontiff, and the biggest homage is that his home team's new stadium will be named after him. Pope Francis has been called the "people's" pope, a "maverick" pope and the "outsider" pope. He could also be called the fútbol pope.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Alex Barron |Kate LoPresti |Wendy Dorr |Sophia Lanman |Daniel Ramirez |Elisheba Ittoop | +1 more

One day, several decades ago, the writer Winnie Holzman was shopping in a Manhattan bookstore where a particular cover caught her eye. It showed a woman with a green face, a black hat pulled down over her eyes. The book was "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire, a retelling of L. Frank Baum's "Oz" stories from the perspective of the Wicked Witch of the West. "When I turned it over and read the little précis on the back, it blew my mind," Holzman said.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Tina Antolini |Alex Barron |Wendy Dorr |Daniel Ramirez |Elisheba Ittoop |Gilbert Cruz

The screenwriter Peter Straughan has become adept at taking well known - and beloved - books and adapting them for the big and small screens. He was first nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay of the 2011 film "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," based on the classic John le Carré spy novel, and then adapted Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" trilogy into an award-winning season of television, with an adaptation of the third novel coming out soon.