The Siege of Trencher's Farm complex examination of modern-day masculinity and liberal values." "Slant Magazine" found that "Much of the novel's prose reads like a screenplay, with tedious descriptions of props, settings, and physical actions ... tension only really matters if you identify with the characters and care about their predicament, which I found too implausible, fantastic, and crudely sketched to do so." Legal scholar Melanie Williams wrote of how the 1971 film had coloured reception of the book: "The book is now republished by Bloomsbury (2003), with the title "Straw Dogs". This seems particularly sad given that past critical commentary on the book has
Jacob the Liar Jacob the Liar Jacob the Liar is a novel written by the East German Jewish author Jurek Becker published in 1969. The German original title is "Jakob der Lügner". Becker was awarded the Heinrich-Mann Prize (1971) and the Charles Veillon Prize (1971) after the publication of his bestseller. The novel was made into two films, "Jacob the Liar" (1975) by Frank Beyer, which was nominated for "Best foreign language film" at the Academy Awards, and "Jakob the Liar" (1999), a Hollywood production starring Robin Williams. "Jacob the Liar" was first translated into English by Melvin Kornfeld in 1975, but without