William Kent Krueger
Autore di Ordinary Grace
Sull'Autore
William Kent Krueger grew up in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon. A former logger, construction worker, freelance journalist, & researcher in childhood development, he is the author of two other acclaimed Cork O'Connor novels, "Iron Lake" & "Boundary Waters". (Publisher Provided) William Kent mostra altro Krueger was born in Torrington, Wyoming on November 16, 1950. He attended Stanford University for one year before losing his academic scholarship for participation in a takeover of the president's office in protest of what he saw as the University's complicity in weapons production during the Vietnam War. He wrote short stories and sketches for many years. His first novel, Iron Lake, won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel, the Barry Award for Best First Novel, the Minnesota Book Award, and the Loft-McKnight Fiction Award. He writes the Cork O'Connor series. In 2005 and 2006, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best novel. Ordinary Grace won the Edgar Award for Best Novel in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di William Kent Krueger
The William Kent Krueger Collection #1: Iron Lake, Boundary Waters, and Purgatory Ridge (2012) 7 copie
William Kent Krueger Collection #5: Tamarack County, Windigo Island, and Manitou Canyon (2017) 2 copie
Sulphur Springs 1 copia
(Cork O'Connor series) 1 copia
Atria Mystery Sampler 2016 1 copia
The William Kent Krueger Reader's Companion: A Collection of Excerpts from the Cork O'Connor Novels (2012) 1 copia
Before Swine 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Silence of the Loons: Thirteen Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Crime Writers (2005) — Collaboratore — 54 copie
Resort to Murder: Thirteen More Tales of Mystery by Minnesota's Premier Writers (2007) — Collaboratore — 43 copie
Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives (2020) — Collaboratore — 24 copie
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Woods / Written in Bone / Thunder Bay / White City (2007) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Reader's Digest Select Editions: Crossfire | Heaven's Keep | The Shadows in the Street | Stillwater Creek — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Reader's Digest Select Editions: The Woods • Written in Bone • Dear John • Thunder Bay (2007) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Válogatott könyvek: Kapcsolat a Fehér Házban / Eddie fattyúja / Vágóhíd / Hajsza a tavak vidékén (2001) 2 copie
Livros Condensados: Traição na Casa Branca | O Jogo do Silêncio | Os Inocentes de Espírito | O Vento Sobre a Água (2000) 2 copie
Reader’s Digest : libros Selectos : Jardín invernal : La fortaleza del cielo : Rainwater : Endal (1996) — Autore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1950-11-16
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Torrington, Wyoming, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Hood River, Oregon, USA
Cascade Mountains, Oregon, USA
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA - Attività lavorative
- logger
construction worker
journalist - Organizzazioni
- Minnesota Crime Wave
- Agente
- Jane Jordan Browne
Katy Holmgren
Danielle Egan-Miller
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 40
- Opere correlate
- 33
- Utenti
- 16,783
- Popolarità
- #1,338
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 948
- ISBN
- 355
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 29
Or, you could read this for the cozy nostalgia, a voyage back through time to small town, mid-century, Midwest America, where men drove Packards and Indian motorcycles, teens hung out at the soda fountain or local quarry swimming hole, and little kids read comic books when they weren't playing pickup softball games with the other kids in the neighborhood.
Or, you could read this for the appealing characters, starting with the story's engaging and wholly sympathetic narrator, 13yr old Frankie, son of the town's abidingly gentle Methodist preacher, plus a memorable supporting staff of townfolk (descendants of the Norwegian and German emigrees that settled Minnesota) and the area's indigenous Sioux.
But the real reason you want to read this is the tale's powerful and affecting message of the importance of extending grace to all the wounded people of the world. Because ultimately all of us are wounded in some way, Krueger suggests: by war (Frankie's father), disappointment (Frankie's mother), unrequited love (Frankie's sister), intolerance, domestic violence, physical handicaps, grief .... Through the simple of act of extending "ordinary grace" - sometimes towards others, sometimes towards themselves - Krueger's characters navigate their way through grief and despair, eventually achieving wisdom and peace.
For those who, like me, aren't particularly religious, never fear - this book is about humanity rather than spirituality. In this sensitive tale of love and understanding, it's humans who, despite their flaws, are the ultimately source of mercy and redemption. This love child of *Stand By Me* by way of *To Kill A Mockingbird* and Karan's *At Home In Mitford* manages to be simultaneously literary, lyric, and lovely.… (altro)