Olive Kitteridge

Resumen del libro

Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy, 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 Kitteridge. 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. The reader comes away, amazed by this author's ability to conjure this formidable heroine and her deep humanity that infiltrates every page.

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