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Sto caricando le informazioni... Self-Help (originale 1985; edizione 2007)di Lorrie Moore
Informazioni sull'operaTutto da sola di Lorrie Moore (1985)
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 Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.  Joe.Olipo | Sep 19, 2023 |   1985 NYT review by Jay McInerny of all people: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/20/specials/moore-help.h... (  ) steve02476 | Jan 3, 2023 | None of the stories I read would I have rated more than two stars. "What is beautiful is seized." A line from one of the stories; it's true. Seized, and ruined. (  ) burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 | ) Gadi_Cohen | Sep 22, 2021 | I really enjoyed the epigraphs. (  ) stravinsky | Dec 28, 2020 |
 Like her characters, Miss Moore possesses a wry, crackly voice, an askew sense of humor and a certain reticence about emotions - qualities that lend her fiction a dry, almost alkaline flavor. Appartiene alle Collane Editoriali
In these tales of loss and pleasure, lovers and family, a woman learns to conduct an affair, a child of divorce dances with her mother, and a woman with a terminal illness contemplates her exit. Filled with the sharp humor, emotional acuity, and joyful language Moore has become famous for, these nine glittering tales marked the introduction of an extravagantly gifted writer. 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: (4)
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Limits of the pun.
As though all juvenilia from the 1980's is trying at not trying at being Raymond Carver, a response to his presence or absence as if one were to contemplate America without Reagan. Though written with skill such that it remains amusing even at its most obnoxious.
[What does a systems analyst do.] Oh … they get married a lot. They’re usually always married.
He seems to be investing something in all of this (bankers)
and suddenly I woke up with a jerk
parasites, pair of sights, parricides (