I backed my way into inventing this figure that people take to heart it’s different, really, from any of my other novels in that particular way. The character Lionel Essrog, the character at the center of it, is more lovable than I am. And it took me a long time to accept that that was just the case. Well, near and dear is a great way to put it. What's most near and dear to you about that book 20 years to 22 years later? I mean, I began writing when I moved back to Brooklyn, probably in 1997 or early '98. Twenty years, right, since “Motherless Brooklyn” was published? The pre-release screening will only be Lethem’s second taste of the film, so in advance of that we chatted with him about this very different fruit. Second St., Claremont), followed by a Q&A with Lethem, the Roy Edward Disney '51 Professor of Creative Writing and Professor of English. 30, at the Laemmle Claremont 5 Theatre (450 W. 1, but The Humanities Studio at Pomona College will present a special, pre-release screening at 6 p.m. But we did ask him to compare and contrast the book experience to his experience watching the film by actor/director/screenwriter Edward Norton, which is already a festival favorite. We didn’t ask Pomona College Professor Jonathan Lethem what type of fruit his critically acclaimed bestselling novel “Motherless Brooklyn” is. Both are fruit but taste completely different. Author Stephen King has compared books and movies to apples and oranges.
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