Joy Williams (1) (1944–)
Autore di The Quick and the Dead
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Sull'Autore
Joy Williams is the author of four novels-the most recent, The Quick and the Dead, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2001-and two earlier collections of stories, as well as Ill Nature, a book of essays that was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism. Among her mostra altro many honors are the Rea Award for the short story and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She lives in Key West, Florida, and Tucson, Arizona mostra meno
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Opere di Joy Williams
Stories: »Ein amerikanischer Thomas Bernhard, aber als Frau. Etwas Besseres kann man sich eigentlich nicht… (2023) 7 copie
Ottone (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Marabù (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Sostanza (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Carità (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Il martello (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Fortuna (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Bromeliacee (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Le ragazze (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Redivivo (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
La missione (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Pericoloso (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Il parco (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Cani e gatti (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Souvenir (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
La campagna (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Brama (L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Congresso (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
The Little Winter [short story] 1 copia
The Girls [short story] 1 copia
Riguardati (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
L'amante (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Estate (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Pastore (in L'ospire d'onore) 1 copia
Bianco (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Il treno (in L'ospire d'onore) 1 copia
Rive (in L'ospire d'onore) 1 copia
Fughe (in L'ospire d'onore) 1 copia
Lu-lu (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Benessere (in L'ospite d'onore) 1 copia
Ruggine (in L'ospire d'onore) 1 copia
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Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1944-02-11
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Tucson, Arizona, USA
Key West, Florida, USA - Istruzione
- Marietta College
University of Iowa - Relazioni
- Hills, L. Rust (husband)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature | 1989)
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (2021)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 66
- Opere correlate
- 35
- Utenti
- 2,549
- Popolarità
- #10,076
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 78
- ISBN
- 107
- Lingue
- 7
- Preferito da
- 10
I’d never heard of Joyce Williams before, but this collection of essays, ostensibly about ecology, nature, etc appealed to me. I probably agree with most of Williams’ views expressed within about how human beings continue to be a scourge on the natural environment, and how we have, despite all our past and ongoing “progress” can’t seem to temper our desires to the consume and conquer everything we come across. From the get-go, however, Williams settles into a polemical mood, and barely lets up for the length of the book. At several points I was overcome by the sensation that I was reading a transcription of a George Carlin style rant - so much so was the rage and passion Williams feels about these topics practically spluttering off the page. A few of the more vitriolic essays often resort to listing human beings various ecological sins in an attempt to paint a sort of Boschian portrait of the hellscape the earth has become at our doing. I’ve never loved reading things that I simply agree with and that don’t offer me any novel nuance or intellectual challenge on a topic, and that was mostly the problem here. Maybe times have changed and the points Williams is making here just don’t seem so radical anymore, what with mass extinction and global warming all but certain at this point.
There were two essays in this collection that are excellent. The first is when Williams tells the saga of the property she owned in the Florida Keys for 30 years. The valiant effort she made to create natural oasis amongst soulless development is really cool and her description of her home set me dreaming about the way I’d like to have my house in the future (if I ever have one). The second essay that really bowled me over was the one about her dog Hawk. I had to sit my book down for several long minutes after and stare into space to mulled over a bit the bleak and poignant beauty of this one, the contradictions of being a pet owner, the crushing responsibility of taking care of another living thing, and the uncanny descriptions of the process for disposal of pet remains.
will eventually get around to reading something else by Williams.… (altro)