6 edition of Olive Kitteridge found in the catalog.
Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout
Published
2008
by Random House in New York
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Written in English
At the edge of the continent, in the small town of Crosby, Maine, lives Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher who deplores the changes in her town and in the world at large but doesn"t always recognize the changes in those around her.
Edition Notes
| Statement | Elizabeth Strout. |
| Genre | Fiction. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PS3569.T736 O5 2008 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 270 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 270 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL18595019M |
| ISBN 10 | 140006208X |
| ISBN 10 | 9781400062089 |
| LC Control Number | 2007016999 |
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In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge. At the edge of the continent, Crosby, Maine, may seem like nowhere, but /5(26). Olive Kitteridge, published in , is arguably Strout’s most acclaimed book. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and composed of interlinked stories, it introduced readers to the fictional coastal.
“Olive Kitteridge” won the Pulitzer Prize, became a New York Times bestseller, and was adapted for a miniseries. Why do you think the book—and its idiosyncratic main character—hit such a Author: Deborah Treisman. With Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, Ken Cheeseman, Ann Dowd. A middle-school math teacher Olive and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years/10(K).
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Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (), Premio Bancarella (), National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (), Premi Llibreter de narrativa for Altres literatures ()/5. In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life, unforgettable character: Olive Kitteridge.
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#N#Book 1 of 2 in Olive Kitteridge/5(K). WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah’s Book Club pick Olive, Again “Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive KitteridgeYou’ll never forget her.”—USA Today NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post Book Brand: Random House Publishing Group.
But after Oprah announced Strout's new book Olive, Again—the sequel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Olive Kitteridge—the question remains: Which should you read first. Good news, readers: While Olive, Again is technically a sequel, it also works as a standalone novel, with characters and story arcs so beautifully realized, it doesn Author: Leigh Haber.
The presence of Olive Kitteridge, a seventh-grade math teacher and the wife of a pharmacist, links these 13 stories. A big woman, she’s like a planetary body, exerting a strong gravitational pull. Olive Kitteridge is a Pulitzer Prize Winner for fiction, which is breath-taking in its beauty and eloquence.
The structure of the novel is 13 episodic stories, which provide a candid and searching insight into a small community in the coastal town of Crosby in Maine/5(2K). Olive Kitteridge is strong, sassy, thoroughly opinionated and totally lovable. The stories that Elizabeth Strout uses to tell us about Olive are so well written and so detailed that you really get to know the character.
Just When you think you know Read More. Margaret McCrank. Top Recommendation. Every year in June, our book club has a get. Olive Kitteridge certainly makes a formidable contrast with her gentle, quietly cheerful husband Henry from the moment we meet them both in “Pharmacy,” which introduces us to several other denizens of Crosby, Maine.
Though she was a math teacher before she and Henry retired, she’s not exactly patient with shy young people—or anyone else. Olive Kitteridge, by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) Share: Twitter Facebook Email A collection of 13 short stories set in small-town Maine that packs a cumulative emotional wallop, bound together by polished prose and by Olive, the title character, blunt, flawed and fascinating.
Published inOlive Kitteridge is an unconventional novel by Elizabeth Strout that interlinks 13 tales about the people of Crosby, Maine. The novel appears to be a collection of short stories on the surface, but the unifying element takes the form of the titular character Olive Kitteridge.
Olive is the tall, awkward, plain-spoken woman, a retired teacher, now a widow, Miss Strout’s readers took to heart in her earlier novel “Olive Kitteridge.” “Olive, Again” is a Author: Corinna Lothar.
Elizabeth Strout’s new novel, “Olive, Again,” reprises beloved Olive Kitteridge, the aging, cranky, bossy, wry, flummoxed, sad, brave, lonely antiheroine of Strout’s Pulitzer Prize Author: Joan Frank. Olive Kitteridge is a novel by author Elizabeth Strout. The story follows the main character, Olive Kitteridge, as she deals with the daily life of living in a small town in Crosby, Maine.
As a high school math teacher, Olive Kitteridge is responsible for teach many of the children that live in the town, once they are old enough to attend high.
Must admit too that I loved Olive Kitteridge and I was delighted to be back with Olive again. Like the first book, Olive, Again is a series of loosely linked short stories, set in and around Olive's home town and Olive herself/5.
Olive Kitteridge is also uncommon in that the novel joins the flow of Olive's life in middle age and follows her into old age. Olive appears in all thirteen stories in the book in a variety of ways. “Olive Kitteridge” is Elizabeth Strout’s first novel about the people living in Crosby, a small-town in Maine.
The thirteen stories in the book are centered around Olive Kitteridge the lead character. Strout develops her characters and vividly describes her small town leaving the emotions raw. The lead has a quiet strength, good control. Free download or read online Olive Kitteridge pdf (ePUB) book.
The first edition of the novel was published in March 25thand was written by Elizabeth Strout. The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Hardcover format. The main characters of this short stories, fiction story are Olive Kitteridge, Henry Kitteridge/5.
Olive Kitteridge is a collection of thirteen short stories that are all tied together by one character and one setting. The character, of course, is Olive. The setting is Maine. About Olive Kitteridge.
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Richard Jenkins Henry Kitteridge. Bill Murray Jack Kennison. Rosemarie DeWitt Rachel Coulson. John Gallagher Jr. Christopher Kitteridge.
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