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

Elizabeth Strout nació en Maine, pero desde hace años reside en Nueva York. Autora imprescindible en la literatura contemporánea, cuenta con varias obras, entre ellas Los hermanos Burgess, Abide with Me y Amy e Isabelle. Duomo ha publicado con una gran acogida entre los lectores y la crítica Me llamo Lucy Barton (2016), Todo es posible (2017) y Olive Kitteridge (2018), que obtuvo el Premio Pulitzer, el Premi Llibreter, el Premio Bancarella y el Premio Mondello, y se convirtió en una alabada serie de televisión.