By ALEXANDRA ALTER
There
are five literary adaptations in the Oscar race for best picture this
year, including movies based on Emma Donoghue’s “Room” and Colm Tóibín’s
“Brooklyn.” But among the hopeful novelists who will be closely
watching Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony, only one has negotiated a
$1.3 trillion global trade deal.
That
would be Michael Punke, the deputy United States Trade Representative
and the United States ambassador to the World Trade Organization. In
addition to being an international trade policy wonk, Mr. Punke is the
author of “The Revenant,” a 2002 novel about a 19th-century American fur
trapper’s epic struggle for survival in the wilderness, and the
inspiration for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s film. The movie is up for 12 Oscars, including best picture, and has catapulted the novel onto the best-seller lists.
Of
all the unlikely success stories at the Academy Awards this year, from
Sylvester Stallone’s surprise comeback in “Creed” to the debut
science-fiction author Andy Weir’s blockbuster hit with “The Martian,”
perhaps none is as surprising as Mr. Punke’s sudden and overdue literary
fame. “The Revenant” sold around 15,000 copies after it was first
published nearly 14 years ago, and it had been out of print for several
years by the time the movie began shooting.
Hillary Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator’s Fall
A New Libya, With ‘Very Little Time Left’
NEW YORK TIMES
Amid Iraqi Chaos, Moktada al-Sadr, an Old Provocateur, Returns
Hillary Clinton, ‘Smart Power’ and a Dictator’s Fall
The
president was wary. The secretary of state was persuasive. But the
ouster of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi left Libya a failed state and a
terrorist haven. (Part 1)
By JO BECKER and SCOTT SHANE
NEW YORK TIMESA New Libya, With ‘Very Little Time Left’
NEW YORK TIMES
The
fall of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi seemed to vindicate Hillary Clinton.
Then militias refused to disarm, neighbors fanned a civil war, and the
Islamic State found refuge. (Part 2)
By SCOTT SHANE and JO BECKER
Interviews by JO BECKER and SCOTT SHANE
Amid Iraqi Chaos, Moktada al-Sadr, an Old Provocateur, Returns
By TIM ARANGO
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