Ordinary Life: Stories - Brossura

Berg, Elizabeth

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ISBN 10: 0812968131 ISBN 13: 9780812968132

Casa editrice: Random House Publishing Group, 2003

Riassunto

Exploring diverse facets of women's lives, a collection of short fiction by the best-selling author of Open House reflects on seemingly ordinary and insignificant moments in life when events and memories come together to create a sense of wholeness and understanding in such works as "White Dwarf," "Today's Special," and the title story. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.

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Recensione

“Immediate, moment-to-moment storytelling that unfolds with the naturalism and authenticity of real life.” —The Boston Globe

“An extraordinary short story collection that deserves our closest attention.” —Detroit Free Press

“Elizabeth Berg’s gift as a storyteller lies most powerfully in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, the remarkable in the everyday.” —The Boston Globe

“Berg’s...deftly drawn pictures of ordinary life can help remind us of its oft-unheeded charms.” —Los Angeles Times

L'autore

Elizabeth Berg’s novels Open House, The Pull of the Moon, Range of Motion, What We Keep, Never Change, and Until the Real Thing Comes Along were bestsellers. Durable Goods and Joy School were selected as ALA Best Books of the Year. Talk Before Sleep was an ABBY finalist and a New York Times bestseller. In 1997, Berg won the NEBA Award in fiction, and in 2000 her novel Open House was named an Oprah’s Book Club selection. She lives in Chicago.

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• Editore: Random House Publishing Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0812968131
• ISBN 13: 9780812968132
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 224