Elinor Lipman
Autore di The Inn at Lake Devine
Sull'Autore
Author of novels and short stories, Elinor Lipman was born October 16, 1950 in Lowell, Mass. and earned an B.A. from Simmons College. After college, Lipman worked as a public information officer for the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission. She also worked as a managing editor for the mostra altro Massachusetts Teachers Association, and she was a special instructor in communications at Simmons College. She served as visiting assistant professor of creative writing from at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. Titles of her works include "Into Love and Out Again", "Then She Found Me", "The Way Men Act", "The Inn at Lake Devine", and "Isabel's Bed"'. Her work has been included in anthologies such as New Fiction, and she has frequently contributed stories and reviews to magazines and newspapers, including Cosmopolitan, Wigwag, New York Times, and Playgirl. She is a two-time recipient of distinguished story citations in Best American Short Stories. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo by Chester Higgins Jr.
Opere di Elinor Lipman
Nanny returns 1 copia
The Donzerly Light 1 copia
The Last of the President's Men 1 copia
The Second chair 1 copia
L'homme qui brisait les coeurs 1 copia
Opere correlate
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Collaboratore — 186 copie
What My Mother Gave Me: Thirty-one Women on the Gifts That Mattered Most (2013) — Collaboratore — 95 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Lipman, Elinor
- Data di nascita
- 1950-10-16
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Simmons College
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
short story writer - Agente
- Suzanne Gluck (Philip Morris Agency)
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Recensioni
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Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 25
- Opere correlate
- 3
- Utenti
- 6,247
- Popolarità
- #3,924
- Voto
- 3.6
- Recensioni
- 270
- ISBN
- 178
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 32
Lipman peoples her work with a variety of urbanites. They are newly married, newly divorced, eager to meet “the one,” swearing off romance after a breakup. Some are focused on careers but find love in friendship. Some actively seek a partner. Some don’t want a long-term relationship, but a quick hook-up. All of them are interesting and, mostly, people I’d want to know. One couple, Tim and Hannah, meet in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles, and their romance unfolds over several stories in the book.
This was Lipman’s debut work. I’ve become a fan of hers in the last few years and decided to go back and read some of her earlier works. She writes with wit and tenderness and eyes wide open to her characters’ flaws and gifts.… (altro)