On this day in music history - The album Light of Aluna, by Anima (2012)

Light of Aluna

by Anima,

was released on December 12, 2012.

 

William Styron, on books:

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end.

You live several lives while reading.

- William Styron.

Recommended reading - Mad with Much Heart

 

Mad with Much Heart

by Gerald Butler.
 
First published 1945.
ASIN: B0006AQZEY

Published by: Rinehart & company, inc.
Hardcover.
 
Description:
 
Filmed as On Dangerous Ground (1951), directed by Nicholas Ray and Ida Lupino.

Recommended reading - The Last Detail

 

The Last Detail

by Darryl Ponicsan.
 
First published 1970.
Published by Skyhorse.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1510727752
ISBN-13: 978-1510727755
Description:
 
The acclaimed novel that was the basis for the classic movie starring Jack Nicholson.
 

Unlike the other branches of the armed services, the navy draws its police force from the ranks, as temporary duty. The risk is that men on Shore Patrol might bring their humanity to the task. This accounts for the underlying tension in "The Last Detail", which takes place during the height of the Vietnam War. Billy Bad-Ass and Mule Mulhall, two career sailors in transit in Norfolk, awaiting permanent orders, are given a "chaser" duty. Their assignment is to escort and deliver Larry Meadows, an 18-year-old sailor, from Norfolk to Portsmouth, N.H., where he is to serve an eight-year sentence in the brig. It's good duty, on the face of it, until the two old salts realize the injustice of the sentence and are oddly affected by the true innocence of their prisoner, even though he is guilty as charged. Failure, or refusal, to carry out their duty is never a question, no matter how much they hate the detail or how wrong it seems, and yet something must be done, some gesture made in order to help their hapless prisoner survive the long ordeal he faces, and to purge their own sense of shame. "The Last Detail" was Darryl Ponicsan's first book and it catapulted him into the front rank of American novelists. It was made into the 1973 film starring Jack Nicholson, and has become a classic of the Golden Age of American cinema. This new edition of "The Last Detail" coincides with the publication of its long-awaited sequel, "Last Flag Flying", also available from The Wright Press.

Born on this day – Gustave Flaubert:

Gustave Flaubert

Writer

December 12, 1821 – May 8, 1880

Credits:

November (1842); Madame Bovary (1856); Salammbo (1862); A Sentimental Education (1869); The Candidate (1874); The Temptation of Saint Antony (1874); Bouvard and Pacuchet (1881); Three Tales (1872); Golden Tales from Flaubert (1977); Early Writings (1991); Best Known Works of Gustave Flaubert (2004); A Simple Soul (1877); Bibliomania (1954); A Simple Heart (1995); Herodias (1877).

Movies and television:

A Simple Heart (1977 / 2008); Alta comedia (1974); Bouvard et Pécuchet (1971 / 1990); Bovary (2021); Byli jednou dva písari (1972); Calvin Klein: Obsession (1990); Camera Three (1961); Comment est-il possible... (2010); Der Kandidat (1965); Die nackte Bovary (1969); Éducation sentimentale (1962); Emma Bovary (2021); Flaubertine (1973); Frederik Moro (1973); Grande Teatro Tupi (1963); Hérodiade (1985); Herodias (1910); I riassuntini (2018); Le miroir à trois faces: Hérodiade (1967); Le temps de l'amour (2009); L'éducation sentimentale (1973); Madame Bovary (1934 / 1937 / 1947 / 1949 / 1953 / 1964 / 1968 / 1974 / 1975 / 1978 / 1991 / 2000 / 2014); Maya (1993); Nesmrtelní (2010); Ocho estrellas en busca del amor (1964); Paixão e Virtude (2014); Pani Bovary to ja (2017); Par coeur (1998); Salambo (1911); Salammbô (1925); Salammbo: Battle for Carthage (2003); Salammbô: Fureur! Passion! Éléphants! (2023); Save and Protect (1989); Schauplätze der Weltliteratur (1978); Sentimental Education (1970 / 1998); Television Theater (1959); The Conversion of St. Anthony (1911); The Loves of Salammbo (1960); The Reasons of the Heart (2011); Toutes les nuits (2001); Une Dame de Coeur (2004); Unholy Love (1932).

Born on this day – Laura Hope Crews:

Laura Hope Crews

Actress

December 12, 1879 – November 13, 1942

Credits:

New York Town (1941); One Foot in Heaven (1941); The Flame of New Orleans (1941); Lady with Red Hair (1940); I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940); Girl from Avenue A (1940); The Blue Bird (1940); Gone with the Wind (1939); Remember? (1939); Reno (1939); The Rains Came (1939); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939); The Star Maker (1939); Idiot's Delight (1939); Thanks for the Memory (1938); The Sisters (1938); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Angel (1937); Confession (1937); The Road Back (1937); Camille (1936); Her Master's Voice (1936); The Melody Lingers On (1935); Escapade (1935); Behold My Wife! (1934); Lightning Strikes Twice (1934); The Age of Innocence (1934); If I Were Free (1933); Ever in My Heart (1933); Rafter Romance (1933); Blind Adventure (1933); I Loved You Wednesday (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Out All Night (1933); New Morals for Old (1932); Charming Sinners (1929); Blackbirds (1915); The Fighting Hope (1915).

Born on this day – Edward G. Robinson:

Edward G. Robinson

Actor

December 12, 1893 – January 26, 1973