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Elizabeth Strout

Autor/a de Olive Kitteridge

16+ obres 26,068 Membres 1,677 Ressenyes 52 preferits

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Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is an American author of fiction. She was born in Portland, Maine. After graduating from Bates College, she spent a year in Oxford, England. In 1982 she graduated with honors, and received both a law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law and a mostra'n més Certificate of Gerontology from the Syracuse School of Social Work. Strout wrote Amy and Isabelle over the course of six or seven years, which when published was shortlisted for the 2000 Orange Prize and nominated for the 2000 PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. Amy and Isabelle was made into a television movie starring Elisabeth Shue and was produced by Oprah Winfrey's studio, Harpo Films. Strout was a NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) professor at Colgate University during the Fall Semester of 2007, where she taught creative writing. She was also on the faculty of the MFA program at Queens University of Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2009 Strout was honored with a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for Olive Kitteridge, a collection of connected short stories she wrote about a woman and her immediate family who lived on the coast of Maine. Strout also wrote The Burgess Boys in 2013 which made The New York Times Best Seller List. Ms. Strout's title, My name is Lucy Barton, made the New York Times Best Seller List in 2016. Her newest title, Anything is Possible (2017), won the 2018 Story Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

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Obres de Elizabeth Strout

Olive Kitteridge (2008) 9,853 exemplars
Em dic Lucy Barton (2016) 3,643 exemplars
The Burgess Boys (2013) 2,384 exemplars
Amy and Isabelle (1998) 2,190 exemplars
Olive, Again (2019) 2,035 exemplars
Anything Is Possible (2017) 1,896 exemplars
Oh William! (2021) 1,427 exemplars
Abide with Me (2006) 1,352 exemplars
Lucy by the Sea (2022) 996 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 2013 (2013) — Editor — 274 exemplars
Olive Kitteridge | Olive Again (2019) 5 exemplars
Tell Me Everything: A Novel (2024) 4 exemplars
A Different Road 1 exemplars
The Fort 1 exemplars
The Family Fortune 1 exemplars

Obres associades

El bell estiu (1940) — Introducció, algunes edicions566 exemplars
Ethan Frome / Summer (1982) — Introducció, algunes edicions301 exemplars
The Best American Mystery Stories 2008 (2008) — Col·laborador — 167 exemplars
It Occurs to Me That I Am America: New Stories and Art (2018) — Col·laborador — 71 exemplars
Providence Noir (2015) — Col·laborador — 45 exemplars
Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing Up in America (2003) — Col·laborador — 38 exemplars
The Stories of Frederick Busch (2013) — Editor, algunes edicions35 exemplars

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Data de naixement
1956-01-06
Gènere
female
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
Portland, Maine, USA
Llocs de residència
Portland, Maine, USA
New York, New York, USA
Durham, New Hampshire, USA
Brunswick, Maine, USA
Educació
Bates College (BA, 1977)
Syracuse University (JD, 1982)
Professions
faculty (MFA program, Queens University)
fiction writer
lecturer (Creative Writing ∙ Colgate University)
Organitzacions
Queens University of Charlotte
Agent
Molly Friedrich (Aaron Priest Literary Agency)
Biografia breu
Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is a US-American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. Born and raised in Portland, Maine, her experiences in her youth served as inspiration for her novels–the fictional "Shirley Falls, Maine" is the setting of four of her seven novels.

Strout's first novel, Amy and Isabelle (1998) met with widespread critical acclaim, became a national bestseller, and was adapted into a movie starring Elisabeth Shue. Her second novel, Abide with Me (2006), received critical acclaim but ultimately failed to be recognized to the extent of her debut novel. Two years later, Strout wrote and published Olive Kitteridge (2008), to critical and commercial success grossing nearly $25 million with over one million copies sold as of May 2017. The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The book was adapted into a multi Emmy Award-winning mini series and became a New York Times bestseller.

Five years later, she published The Burgess Boys (2013), which became a national bestseller. My Name Is Lucy Barton (2016) was met with international acclaim and topped the New York Times bestseller list. Lucy Barton later became the main character in Strout's 2017 novel, Anything is Possible. A sequel to Olive Kitteridge, titled Olive, Again, was published in 2019.

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Llum de febrer és una novel·la profundament commovedora sobre l’amor, la pèrdua, el penediment, les complexitats del matrimoni i el pas del temps.
Eixuta, rondinaire i franca, i, malgrat tot, ha captivat els lectors d’arreu del món. Amb els anys, ¿s’ha endolcit l’Olive Kitteridge? Doncs encara té aquell caràcter feréstec i continua dient clarament el que pensa, però, a mesura que s’ha apropat a la vellesa, la vida li ha canviat. Quan menys s’ho espera, troba un últim company de viatge, al costat del qual seguim els seus intents d’entendre’s a si mateixa, la nova situació que viu i les persones que l’envolten.Amb perspicàcia i empatia, Elizabeth Strout dona veu a un personatge únic que ens parla de la vida quotidiana de Crosby, el petit poble costaner de Maine on sembla que no passi mai res, tot teixint personatges delicats i complexos, però excepcionalment propers, les vides dels quals contenen un món sencer.… (més)
 
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bcacultart | Hi ha 127 ressenyes més | May 24, 2021 |
Una noia ingressada a l´hospital la visita la seva mare que fa molts anys que no ha vist
 
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Martapagessala | Hi ha 285 ressenyes més | Dec 15, 2019 |
I can't understand how a mother and a daughter are not in touch very often, except if they hate each other (which it is not the case in the novel). Although the protagonist is hurt by a very difficult (poor and abused) childhood and maybe she wants to forget it (understandable), but to leave out all your past, and, what's more, to leave behind all your family if you have had better luck, is it fair?
to the other side, when your daughter is in the hospital, can you leave her there, only because you have enough? In Catalonia, this is not believable; for us, our family is first.
For me, this is not the best novel of E. Strout, although I usually love them.
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Montserratmv | Hi ha 285 ressenyes més | Nov 9, 2017 |
Personatges d'un poblet on l'Olive hi és protagonista, dona esquerpa i antisocial tot transcorrent en la vellesa.
 
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Martapagessala | Hi ha 614 ressenyes més | Nov 6, 2017 |

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Obres
16
També de
9
Membres
26,068
Popularitat
#799
Valoració
3.9
Ressenyes
1,677
ISBN
385
Llengües
23
Preferit
52

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