Recensione:
“It takes a writer of enormous sensitivity, discretion, and perception to limn the extremes of human nature in the artistic and economical way Elizabeth Strout has done here. Abide with Me is a journey through despair to a kind of kaleidoscopic redemption, a quietly powerful and surprising novel that resonates long after the last page is read, in part because it does what great art often does: holds up a picture that the viewer comes to see is a mirror.”
—Elizabeth Berg, author of The Year of Pleasures and We Are All Welcome Here
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“The word ‘remarkable’ plays a crucial role in Elizabeth Strout’s Abide with Me, and that word best describes the novel itself. As a story of small-town New England and one man’s pained persistent grappling with bigotry and faith, it has the ring of truth. Issues of family, of love and loss are delicately probed throughout: this is a brave, rare book.”
—Nicholas Delbanco, author of The Vagabonds and What Remains
“As somberly beautiful as a winter’s day in Maine, Abide With Me is a magnificent love story--about a father and his troubled daughter, about a husband and his sorrowing wife, about a preacher and his puzzled congregation. Elizabeth Strout is here to tell us the truth, and she does so with language that is honest, insightful, and moving. The pain she reveals is profound, and so is the balm she discovers in a small town’s deep decency. This novel will fill the emptied heart.”
—Frederick Busch
'A gracefully plotted depiction of a man in disintegration... Slow moving and subtle, this is a novel of multi-faceted characters and gradually evolving relationships. It wraps itself around the reader like a patchwork quilt...In Abide With Me, Strout has created another masterful and compelling portrait of a flawed parent-child relationship...' FINANCIAL TIMES
L'autore:
Elizabeth Strout's tenure as a lawyer (six months) was slightly longer than her career as a stand-up comedian (one night). She has also worked as a bartender, waitress and piano player at bars across the USA. She now teaches literature in New York, where she lives with her husband and daughter.
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