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Jean Thompson (1) (1950–)

Autor/a de The Year We Left Home

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17+ obres 1,637 Membres 88 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Jean Thompson is the author, most recently of Who Do You Love: Stories, a 1999 National Book Award finalist for fiction. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundations, she lives in Urbana, Illinois. (Bowker Author Biography)

Obres de Jean Thompson

The Year We Left Home (2011) 540 exemplars
The Humanity Project (2013) 160 exemplars
Who Do You Love: Stories (1999) 158 exemplars
Throw Like A Girl: Stories (2007) 151 exemplars
A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl (2018) 102 exemplars
Do Not Deny Me: Stories (2009) 100 exemplars
The Poet's House (2022) 81 exemplars
Wide Blue Yonder (2002) 81 exemplars
She Poured Out Her Heart (2016) 63 exemplars
City Boy (2004) 57 exemplars
The House of Tomorrow (1974) 16 exemplars
The Gasoline Wars (1979) 12 exemplars
Ploughshares 123: Spring 2014 (2014) — Editor — 6 exemplars
Little Face and Other Stories (1984) 5 exemplars
My Wisdom (1982) 3 exemplars
The Woman Driver (1985) 3 exemplars

Obres associades

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (2005) — Col·laborador — 1,214 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 1996 (1996) — Col·laborador — 246 exemplars
The Best American Short Stories 1979 (1979) — Col·laborador — 25 exemplars
Story, Vol. 46, No. 2 [Magazine, Spring 1998] (1998) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Data de naixement
1950
Gènere
female

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As we all know, all happy families are the same so people write about the unhappy ones. Unfortunately, I don't like reading about them.

I found it to be rather slow paced. I liked the multiple POVs but they switched without much psyoff. I never felt like I had a great deal of insight into anyone. Lots of tragedy, everyday disappointments and general unhappiness. Major things happen off stage and some things develop with no logical explanation.

I hope that most people's lives are not really this bleak.… (més)
 
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hmonkeyreads | Hi ha 35 ressenyes més | Jan 25, 2024 |
I read this for my book group and would not have read it otherwise. I found it boring, inaccurate, vaguely insulting to the state of Iowa, and had difficulty staying awake while reading it.
 
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maryelisa | Hi ha 35 ressenyes més | Jan 16, 2024 |
I really enjoyed this. The writing was powerful, the characters were recognizable and multi-dimensional. Thompson was very effective at writing from many vantage points, treating each equally and still keeping all of the personalities internally consistent. I would especially recommend this book to all of my Iowan in-laws, as it was set in Iowas starting in 1969, right during the coming of age of many of them.
 
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lschiff | Hi ha 35 ressenyes més | Sep 24, 2023 |
This book was billed as a collection of stories retelling fairy tales. I would say that instead, fairy tales were inspirations for the stores. All but one are set in contemporary times It was kind of fun to try and guess what fairy tale the author was referencing in each story. But overall, I just wasn't that impressed.
 
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jezebellydancer | Hi ha 8 ressenyes més | Apr 14, 2023 |

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Obres
17
També de
4
Membres
1,637
Popularitat
#15,692
Valoració
½ 3.6
Ressenyes
88
ISBN
83
Llengües
3

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