Shed Sheds", which argues that a "place of retreat" is a "male necessity" which provides men with solace, especially during their retirement. In contrast, in the novel "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons, Aunt Ada Doom saw "something nasty in the woodshed" and retreated to her bed for half a century. To woodshed, or 'shed, in jazz jargon, is "to shut oneself up, away from the world, and practice long and hard, as in 'going to the woodshed'." The word is recorded in English since 1481, as "shadde", possibly a variant of shade. The word shade comes from the Old English
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter both the practical and creative aspects of writing. Vargas Llosa's novel was later adapted as a Hollywood feature film, "Tune in Tomorrow", in which the setting was moved from Lima to New Orleans. The film was released as "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" in many countries. Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter () is the seventh novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa. It was published by Editorial Seix Barral, S.A., Spain, in 1977. Set in Peru during the 1950s, it is the story of an 18-year-old student who falls for a 32-year-old divorcee. The