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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19980522
Author:Michael O'Sullivan

Summer 1998 yields a bumper crop of surprisingly literary offerings above and beyond the usual scary fare such as "Godzilla," "Armageddon" and "Virus."

Consider this truly terrifying statistic: There are not one, but two, new films based on works by the dour, 19th-century novelist Honore de Balzac: "Cousin Bette," starring two-time Oscar-winner Jessica Lange, and "Passion in the Desert," starring Ben Daniels of "Beautiful Thing."

(Fad-spotters beware! Could another Jane Austen-style glut be far behind?) In all seriousness, though, the literati will find a plethora of bookish titles ...

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