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David F. Mendes

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Writer, #screenwriter, #creative-writing #teacher , Brazilian/Portuguese living in #Cologne, Germany Escritor, #roteirista, #professor de #escrita-criativa

languages: English, Portuguese, some Spanish

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David F. Mendes rated Sculpting in time: 5 stars

No cover — Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ, Andrey Tarkovsky: Sculpting in time (Paperback, 1989, University of Texas Press)

Sculpting in time by Andreĭ Arsenʹevich Tarkovskiĭ, Andrey Tarkovsky

David F. Mendes rated Orphans of Eldorado: 3 stars

Milton Hatoum: Orphans of Eldorado (2010, Canongate)

Orphans of Eldorado by Milton Hatoum (Myths series)

The setting for this magical fable is Eldorado, the Enchanted city that inhabited the fevered dreams of European navigators and …

David F. Mendes rated Frankenstein: 5 stars

Mary Shelley: Frankenstein (2002, J.M. Dent & Sons, E.P. Dutton)

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Obsessed with creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks …

David F. Mendes rated The Private Lives of Trees: 5 stars

Megan McDowell: The Private Lives of Trees (2010, Open Letter)

The Private Lives of Trees by Megan McDowell

David F. Mendes rated The red notebook: 4 stars

Paul Auster: The red notebook (2002, New Directions Book)

The red notebook by Paul Auster (New Directions paperbook ;)

David F. Mendes rated The New York Trilogy: 5 stars

Paul Auster: The New York Trilogy (2006)

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster

David F. Mendes rated In the Country of Last Things.: 4 stars

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster, Gerd Ulmer, Friderike Ulmer

David F. Mendes rated Oracle Night: 4 stars

Paul Auster: Oracle Night (Paperback, 2003, Henry Holt & Co, New York, New York, U.S.A.)

Oracle Night by Paul Auster

David F. Mendes rated Plotting and writing suspense fiction: 5 stars

Patricia Highsmith: Plotting and writing suspense fiction (1990, St. Martin's Press)

Plotting and writing suspense fiction by Patricia Highsmith (The Writer's library)

David F. Mendes rated Save The Cat Strikes Back More Trouble For Screenwriters Sic To Get Into And Out Of: 2 stars

Blake Snyder: Save The Cat Strikes Back More Trouble For Screenwriters Sic To Get Into And Out Of (2009, Save the Cat! Press)

Save The Cat Strikes Back More Trouble For Screenwriters Sic To Get Into And Out Of by Blake Snyder

David F. Mendes rated Which Lie Did I Tell?: 4 stars

Which Lie Did I Tell? by William Goldman

David F. Mendes rated The Art of the Novel: 5 stars

Milan Kundera: The Art of the Novel (2003)

The Art of the Novel by Milan Kundera

David F. Mendes rated Down and dirty pictures: 5 stars

Down and dirty pictures by Peter Biskind

Down and Dirty Pictures chronicles the rise of independent filmmakers and of the twin engines--Sundance and Miramax-that have powered them …

David F. Mendes rated Top of the rock: 4 stars

Warren Littlefield: Top of the rock (2012, Doubleday)

Top of the rock by Warren Littlefield

From 1993 through 1998, NBC exploded every conventional notion of what a broadcast network could accomplish with the greatest prime-time …

David F. Mendes rated If on a Winter's Night a Traveler: 4 stars

Italo Calvino: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler (Paperback, 1982, L&OD Key Porter)

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler is a marvel of ingenuity, an experimental text that looks longingly back to …