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Resumen del libro

A collection of sparkling award-winning stories from Maggie Shipstead, epic storyteller and astonishing chronicler of the daring and the damaged. Diving into eclectic and vivid settings, from an Olympic village to a deathbed in Paris to a Pacific atoll, and illuminating a cast of unforgettable characters, Shipstead traverses the ordinary and extraordinary with cunning, compassion, and wit.

Meet the silent cowgirl and horse wrangler escaping an ugly home life, only to fall into a decade-long triangle of unrequited love; a male novelist who is just reckoning with his own pretentiousness as his debut novel goes to print; a honeymoon couple's time in the hills of Romania builds into a moment of shattering tragedy. In the title story, a famous child actress breaks away from a religious cult, as she tells - with brittle candour - her tale of childhood damage and the dark side of fame. Exuding both tenderness and bite, Shipstead exposes complicated truths in this dazzling collection sealing her reputation as an astonishingly versatile master of fiction.

Biografía del autor

Maggie Shipstead es la autora superventas de las novelas "Seating Arrangements" y "Astonish Me". "El gran círculo", inspirada en la vida de la aviadora Amelia Earhart, es su tercera novela. Ha sido galardonada con el premio Dylan Thomas y el premio del "L.A. Times" a la Primera Obra de Ficción. Se graduó en el Programa de Escritura Creativa de Iowa, ha disfrutado de la beca Wallace Stegner en Stanford, y también ha recibido el apoyo económico del programa nacional estadounidense para el fomento del arte. "El gran círculo" ha sido finalista del premio Booker 2021.<br> <br> Sus textos han aparecido en numerosas publicaciones, incluidos el "The New York Times", el "The Washington Post", "The Guardian", el "Wall Street Journal", "Travel + Leisure", "Departures", "Condé Nast Traveler", "Outside", "The Best American Short Stories" y "The Best American Sports Writing". Vive en Los Ángeles.