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Sto caricando le informazioni... Olive Kitteridge: Fiction (edizione 2008)di Elizabeth Strout (Autore)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. In un angolo del continente nordamericano c’è Crosby, nel Maine: un luogo senza importanza che tuttavia, grazie alla sottile lama dello sguardo della Strout, diviene lo specchio di un mondo più ampio. Perché in questo piccolo villaggio affacciato sull’Oceano Atlantico c’è una donna che regge i fili delle storie, e delle vite, di tutti i suoi concittadini. È Olive Kitteridge, un’insegnante in pensione che, con implacabile intelligenza critica, osserva i segni del tempo moltiplicarsi intorno a lei, tanto che poco o nulla le sfugge dell’animo di chi le sta accanto. Opera vincitrice del Premio Pulitzer 2009.
Each of the 13 tales serves as an individual microcosm of small-town life, with its gossip, small kindnesses, and everyday tragedies. Not all the minor characters stand out the way Henry and Olive do, and there are a pile of them to keep straight by the end. I also couldn’t quite place how one story, “Ship in a Bottle,” meshed with the rest. But those are small flaws far outweighed by the book’s compassion and intelligence. The pleasure in reading “Olive Kitteridge” comes from an intense identification with complicated, not always admirable, characters. And there are moments in which slipping into a character’s viewpoint seems to involve the revelation of an emotion more powerful and interesting than simple fellow feeling—a complex, sometimes dark, sometimes life-sustaining dependency on others. Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy, by others as the kindest person they had ever met. Olive herself has always been certain that she is 100% correct about everything - although, lately, her certitude has been shaken. This indomitable character appears at the centre of these narratives that comprise Olive Kitteridge. In each of them, we watch Olive, a retired schoolteacher, as she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life and the lives of those around her always with brutal honesty, if sometimes painfully. Olive will make you laugh, nod in recognition, as well as wince in pain or shed a tear or two. We meet her stoic husband, bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong, and her own son, tyrannised by Olive's overbearing sensitivities. The reader comes away, amazed by this author's ability to conjure this formidable heroine and her deep humanity that infiltrates every page. Appartiene alle SerieOlive Kitteridge (1) Appartiene alle Collane EditorialiKeltainen kirjasto (505) Mirmanda (74) È contenuto inHa l'adattamentoÈ riassunto inPremi e riconoscimentiMenzioniElenchi di rilievo
At the edge of the continent, in the small town of Crosby, Maine, lives Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher who deplores the changes in her town and in the world at large but doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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