Topic: Vendela Vida

Red-hot raffle for S.F. General Hospital

0 . Hearts, and wallets, were open Thursday in Union Square Park at the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation's sixth Heroes & Hearts Luncheon...

VZ's Ultimate Summer Reading Guide

We pick summer 2010's must-readsPlenty of books will vie for your attention this summer, some by fledgling writers and others from established favorites. But for our money, these are the best and brightest new titles. To read the complete guide, including ...

The Lovers, by Vendela Vida

In The Lovers, Vendela Vida's quiet, sometimes haunting new novel, an American schoolteacher named Yvonne decides to rent a house by herself in Turkey shortly after her husband dies. In trying to move away from the tragedies that uprooted her life ...

Flop of the week

For those of us wondering what it would look like if a Kubrick imitator directed Garden State, we have our answer in Away We Go. Director manqu? Sam Mendes and word-slinging power duo Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida are the creative minds ...