BOOK REPORT: - ONE DAY

Do you believe in a story, which is spanning for twenty years? In the novel One Day, David Nicholls gives reader a sad/funny love story that is extended for twenty years. David Nicholls is a British author, screenwriter and actor. He has spent his 20s as a professional actor, where he played many roles at various theatres. Throughout his 30s he was seen as a screenwriter. During this period he was also garnered a nomination of Best New Writer (fiction) for a British Academy Television Craft Awards. In 2002 he wrote his first novel, Starter for ten, which was his one of the notable work. In 2005 he published his second novel the understudy and at last in 2009 he published his second notable work one day. This book was published in Great Britain for the first time. It was the biggest- selling British novel of 2010 and has been published in 31 different languages. David Nicholls has been achieving phenomenal success with this book. This bittersweet love story has been made into a film where, Lone Scherfig directed it and Nicholls wrote the screenplay. The movie was released after two years of book publishing i.e. in August 2011.

One day is the ultimate feel-good book about love and friendship, fear and love. The structure of this book is very original. Since the whole story is focused on two protagonist, Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew. They are very different Edinburgh university students. The story begins on July 15, 1988 when Emma and Dexter meet each other for the first time during their college graduation. In rest of the chapters of the book we will get a snapshot of their relationships for over the course of twenty years. Each chapter falls on the same day of each year when they met for the first time. Romance does not happen between them but they remain friends. During these twenty years many ups and down comes in their life. Their