Susan Minot
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Susan Minot, Novelist Susan Minot was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Manchester-by-the-Sea. She studied writing and painting at Brown University and received an MFA in writing from Columbia University. She published short stories in Grand Street and The New Yorker, which led to an mostra altro offer for a novel. Minot has also been a Greenpeace activist, a carpenter and a bookseller. Minot's first novel, "Monkeys," took nine stories about the Vincent family and combined them to make up the semi-autobiographical novel. It won the Prix Femina Etranger in France in 1987. The Vincent's are a New England family of seven children, a Catholic mother and a Brahmin background father. The story covers twelve years of their lives and tells of a tragic accident that alters their lives. Her second novel, "Lust & Other Stories," is a collection about artists and journalists living in New York City. It examines the relations between men and women in their twenties and thirties, and the difficulty they have coming together and breaking apart. "Folly" takes place in Boston, during the 1920's to 1930's, and tells the story of a woman with a strict Brahmin background having the choice of a husband being the determining factor of her life. "Evening" is the story of Ann Lord on her deathbed. She relives a weekend love affair with Harris Arden, the greatest love of her life, in great detail, while her children stand by her believing her mind is blank. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di Susan Minot
Lust {story} 5 copie
Il picnic 1 copia
Miudagem 1 copia
LA LINGUA DEI CANI E DEI GATTI 1 copia
Green (short work) 1 copia
Opere correlate
McSweeney's Issue 5 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Sometimes Not Believing How Great This All Is (1975) — Collaboratore — 181 copie
The Dictionary of Failed Relationships: 26 Tales of Love Gone Wrong (2003) — Collaboratore — 56 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1956-12-07
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Manchester, Massachusetts, USA - Istruzione
- Concord Academy
Brown University
Columbia University - Attività lavorative
- novelist
short story writer
screenwriter
creative writing teacher - Relazioni
- Minot, Eliza (sister)
Minot, George (brother) - Agente
- Georges Borchardt
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between 2 and 2.5 stars. this was really hard for me at first. the writing is something stream of consciousness, with no punctuation and incomplete sentences all together, and going back and forth in time. all of those things conspired to make this quite tough for the first while. then when it started to make more sense - both what she was saying and the time period she was saying it in - it became much more readable, interesting, and beautiful (in parts). i'm not sure how much i believe in the idea of a two day affair overshadowing a life, but i think that's because i didn't like harris, because i didn't believe a word out of his mouth and couldn't see how ann could fall for him.
i didn't like all of this but some parts were so beautiful and surprising, and even in the hard to understand sentences i found some real gems (of language, construction, thought). the parts i liked were really lovely, and maybe the rest, which wasn't lovely, reflects how we handle being in the room/house with someone as we twiddle our thumbs and wait for them to die. i think i'll like this more and more the further i get from it and the more i think about it. it's definitely not one to read through quickly, with only some attention.… (altro)
i didn't like all of this but some parts were so beautiful and surprising, and even in the hard to understand sentences i found some real gems (of language, construction, thought). the parts i liked were really lovely, and maybe the rest, which wasn't lovely, reflects how we handle being in the room/house with someone as we twiddle our thumbs and wait for them to die. i think i'll like this more and more the further i get from it and the more i think about it. it's definitely not one to read through quickly, with only some attention.… (altro)
It was only 157 pages so I finished it in a few hours. It was a fast read but "chunky" since it went from year to year without explaining in between years but I enjoyed the Vincent family. What irked me was that although the author wasn't British I don't think and the family wasn't, they called their mom "mum."
A beautiful film switching between a society wedding in the 1950s and an elderly woman remembering it, lying on her deathbed. Poignant but not at all morbid; Vanessa Redgrave is perfect as the elderly Ann, matched with Claire Danes as her younger counterpart.
Engrossing, moving and ultimately uplifting. We saw this just six and a half years after first seeing it, and had almost entirely forgotten it. Rated 12 which seems about right; unlikely to be of interest to children or teens anyway.
Very highly recommended.
Longer review here: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2022/03/evening-vanessa-redgrave-claire-dane...… (altro)
Engrossing, moving and ultimately uplifting. We saw this just six and a half years after first seeing it, and had almost entirely forgotten it. Rated 12 which seems about right; unlikely to be of interest to children or teens anyway.
Very highly recommended.
Longer review here: https://suesdvdreviews.blogspot.com/2022/03/evening-vanessa-redgrave-claire-dane...… (altro)
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- 19
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- Utenti
- 2,727
- Popolarità
- #9,416
- Voto
- 3.4
- Recensioni
- 56
- ISBN
- 109
- Lingue
- 9
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This was such great writing. Deceptively simple and with an insight they I really enjoyed. This is my first Susan Minot and her debut, I believe. What a treat. So glad I picked this one up on a whim. I could definitely see myself loving her work!… (altro)