Olive Kitteridge: Fiction

Awards:   Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2009
Author:   Elizabeth Strout
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
ISBN:  

9780812971835


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Format:   Paperback
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Olive Kitteridge: Fiction


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Awards

  • Winner of Pulitzer Prize 2009

Overview

At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance; a former student who has lost the will to live; Olive's own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and her husband, Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse. As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life - sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty. Olive Kitteridge offers profound insights into the human condition - its conflicts, its tragedies and joys, and the endurance it requires.

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Author:   Elizabeth Strout
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Random House Trade Paperbacks
Dimensions:   Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.232kg
ISBN:  

9780812971835


ISBN 10:   0812971833
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   30 September 2008
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Perceptive, deeply empathetic . . . Olive is the axis around which these thirteen complex, relentlessly human narratives spin themselves into Elizabeth Strout's unforgettable novel in stories. --O: The Oprah Magazine Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You'll never forget her. . . . [Elizabeth Strout] constructs her stories with rich irony and moments of genuine surprise and intense emotion. . . . Glorious, powerful stuff. --USA Today Funny, wicked and remorseful, Mrs. Kitteridge is a compelling life force, a red-blooded original. When she's not onstage, we look forward to her return. The book is a page-turner because of her. --San Francisco Chronicle Olive Kitteridge still lingers in memory like a treasured photograph. --Seattle Post-Intelligencer Rarely does a story collection pack such a gutsy emotional punch. --Entertainment Weekly Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force. . . . [She] makes us experience not only the terrors of change but also the terrifying hope that change can bring: she plunges us into these churning waters and we come up gasping for air. --The New Yorker From the Hardcover edition.


Perceptive, deeply empathetic . . . Olive is the axis around which these thirteen complex, relentlessly human narratives spin themselves into Elizabeth Strout's unforgettable novel in stories. -O: The Oprah Magazine Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You'll never forget her. . . . [Elizabeth Strout] constructs her stories with rich irony and moments of genuine surprise and intense emotion. . . . Glorious, powerful stuff. -USA Today Funny, wicked and remorseful, Mrs. Kitteridge is a compelling life force, a red-blooded original. When she's not onstage, we look forward to her return. The book is a page-turner because of her. -San Francisco Chronicle Olive Kitteridge still lingers in memory like a treasured photograph. -Seattle Post-Intelligencer Rarely does a story collection pack such a gutsy emotional punch. -Entertainment Weekly Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force. . . . [She] makes us experience not only the terrors of change but also the terrifying hope that change can bring: she plunges us into these churning waters and we come up gasping for air. -The New Yorker


NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2008 BY <br><br>People<br>USA Today<br>The Atlantic<br>The Washington Post Book World<br>Seattle Post-Intelligencer<br>Entertainment Weekly<br>The Christian Science Monitor<br>San Francisco Chronicle<br>Salon<br>San Antonio Express-News<br>Chicago Tribune<br>The Wall Street Journal<br>


NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2008 BY : <br>People<br>USA Today<br>The Atlantic<br>The Washington Post Book World<br>Seattle Post-Intelligencer<br>Entertainment Weekly<br>The Christian Science Monitor<br>San Francisco Chronicle<br>Salon<br>San Antonio Express-News<br>Chicago Tribune<br>The Wall Street Journal<br>


Author Information

Elizabeth Strout is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge, winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Olive, Again, an Oprah’s Book Club pick; Anything Is Possible, winner of the Story Prize; My Name is Lucy Barton, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize; The Burgess Boys, named one of the best books of the year by The Washington Post and NPR; Abide with Me, a national bestseller; and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the International Dublin Literary Award, and the Orange Prize. Her short stories have been published in a number of magazines, including The New Yorker and O: The Oprah Magazine. Elizabeth Strout lives in New York City.

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