Olive Kitteridge

Resumen del libro

In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, "New York Times" bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge.
At the edge of the continent, Crosby, Maine, may seem like nowhere, but seen through this brilliant writer's eyes, it's in essence the whole world, and the lives that are lived there are filled with all of the grand human drama-desire, despair, jealousy, hope, and love.
At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town and in the world at large, but she doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her: a lounge musician haunted by a past romance: a former student who has lost the will to live: Olive's own adult child, who feels tyrannized by her irrational sensitivities; and Henry, who finds his loyalty to his marriage both a blessing and a curse.
As the townspeople grapple with their problems, mild and dire, Olive is brought to a deeper understanding of herself and her life-sometimes painfully, but always with ruthless honesty.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Elizabeth Strout x{0026}lt;/B (Portland, 1956) es una novelista norteamericana autora de x{0026}lt;I Amy e Isabellex{0026}lt;/I (1998, ganadora del Premio Art Seidenbaum de x{0026}lt;I Los Angeles Timesx{0026}lt;/I y del Premio Heartland del x{0026}lt;I Chicago Tribunex{0026}lt;/I ), x{0026}lt;I Quédate conmigox{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Los hermanos Burgessx{0026}lt;/I , así como de las exitosas sagas protagonizadas por Olive Kitteridge x{0026} x02014;x{0026}lt;I Olive Kitteridgex{0026}lt;/I , ganadora de los premios Pulitzer, Llibreter, Bancarella y Mondello y que se convirtió en una aclamada serie de televisión, y x{0026}lt;I Luz de febrerox{0026}lt;/I x{0026} x02014; y por Lucy Barton x{0026} x02014;x{0026}lt;I Me llamo Lucy Bartonx{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Todo es posiblex{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Ay, Williamx{0026}lt;/I (considerado uno de los mejores libros del año según x{0026}lt;I The Timesx{0026}lt;/I y finalista del Premio Booker, con la que Alfaguara inició en 2022 la publicación de la obra de Strout), y, ahora, x{0026}lt;I Lucy y el marx{0026}lt;/I x{0026} x02014;. Además, ha sido finalista del Premio PEN/Faulkner y del Premio Orange. Actualmente vive entre Nueva York y Portland.x{0026}lt;/P