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Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
Olive Kitteridge is a novel by American author Elizabeth Strout. It presents a portrait of the title character and a number of recurring characters in the coastal town of Crosby, Maine. It takes the form of 13 short stories that are interrelated but discontinuous in terms of narrative
Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or 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.
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.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : Good
- Category : Fiction - Modern Mainstream Fiction
- Published : 2008 (This Edition 2016 - Scribner)
- ISBN : 9781849831550
- SKU : B001844
- PPC : LL300gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"The reader comes away, amazed by this author's ability to conjure this formidable heroine and her deep humanity that infiltrates every page." - Google Review.
'As perfect a novel as you will ever read . . . So astonishingly good that I shall be reading it once a year for the foreseeable future and very probably for the rest of my life.' - Evening Standard.
'Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force.' - The New Yorker.
'Masterfully wrought.' - Vanity Fair.
'Strout has a wonderful ability to turn a phrase . . . [these] pages hold what life puts in: experience, joy, grief, and the sometimes-painful journey to love.' - Observer.
The Author
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization.
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