Mary Doria Russell
Autore di The Sparrow
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Fonte dell'immagine: Courtesy of the author
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1950-08-19
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Elmhurst, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lyndhurst, Cleveland, Ohio, USA - Istruzione
- University of Illinois (BA | Cultural Anthropology)
Northeastern University (MA | Social Anthropology)
University of Michigan (PhD | Biological Anthropology) - Attività lavorative
- novelist
paleoanthropologist - Premi e riconoscimenti
- John W. Campbell Award (Best New Writer, 1998)
Arthur C. Clarke Award (1998) - Agente
- Jane Dystel
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 9
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 16,292
- Popolarità
- #1,394
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 1,025
- ISBN
- 101
- Lingue
- 8
- Preferito da
- 110
The novel begins with this arresting opening: “He began to die when he was twenty-one...”
Born in Georgia just prior to the Civil War and growing up in its aftermath, Holliday studies to become a dentist, but contracts tuberculosis and is sent West to try to take advantage of the drier air. Here he supplements his meagre income from his dental practice by becoming a card sharp.
Russell’s depiction of the unromantic reality of the ‘Wild West’ and the ravages of tuberculosis on Holliday appear to be well-researched and clearly described. The range of characters around him, including real-life figures the Earp brothers; the prostitute Kate Harony; Bob Wright, the outfitter making himself a fortune; and many others, are supplemented by imagined characters such as Father Alexander von Angensperg, a Jesuit bringing the Gospel to the Native Americans.
Throw into this mix the mystery surrounding the death of a young mixed-race man who Holliday had been mentoring, and you have a fascinating novel.… (altro)