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About Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout is the author of the New York Times bestseller Olive Kitteridge, for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize; the national bestseller Abide with Me; and Amy and Isabelle, winner of the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize in London. She lives in Maine and New York City.
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THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
The Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in life
Lucy Barton is a successful writer living in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and parent to two adult daughters. A surprise encounter leads her to reconnect with William, her first husband - and longtime, on-again-off-again friend and confidante. Recalling their college years, the birth of their
daughters, the painful dissolution of their marriage, and the lives they built with other people, Strout weaves a portrait, stunning in its subtlety, of a tender, complex, decades-long partnership.
Oh William! captures the joy and sorrow of watching children grow up and start families of their own; of discovering family secrets, late in life, that alter everything we think we know about those closest to us; and the way people live and love, against all odds. At the heart of this story is the unforgettable, indomitable voice of Lucy Barton, who once again offers a profound, lasting reflection on the mystery of existence. 'This is the way of life,' Lucy says. 'The many things we do not know until it is too late.'
'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel
'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith
'She gets better with each book' Maggie O'Farrell
'One of America's finest writers' Sunday Times
This beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, turned into an Emmy Award-winning HBO mini-series, is an extraordinary story about an ordinary woman’s life, and a vibrant exploration of all that connects us. The story of Olive Kitteridge will make you laugh, nod in recognition, wince in pain, and shed a tear or two.
'As perfect a novel as you will ever read… So astonishingly good that I shall be reading it once a year for the foreseeable future and very probably for the rest of my life.'Evening Standard
Olive Kitteridge is a complex woman. Described by some as indomitable and by others as compassionate, she herself has always been certain that she is absolutely right about everything. A retired schoolteacher in a small coastal town in Maine, as she grows older she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life.
Through different narratives, telling the triumphs and tragedies of those around her, and spanning years, Olive’s story emerges. We meet her stoic husband, bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong, and a young man pained by loss – whom Olive comforts by her mere presence, while her own son feels overwhelmed by her sensitivities.
Praise for Elizabeth Strout
‘Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force.’ The New Yorker
'A terrific writer.' Zadie Smith
'So good it gave me goosebumps.’Sunday Times
'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own.' Hilary Mantel
A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE & THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION
An exquisite story of mothers and daughters from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge
Lucy is recovering from an operation in a New York hospital when she wakes to find her estranged mother sitting by her bed. They have not seen one another in years. As they talk Lucy finds herself recalling her troubled rural childhood and how it was she eventually arrived in the big city, got married and had children. But this unexpected visit leaves her doubting the life she's made: wondering what is lost and what has yet to be found.
The story continues in Oh William!, available to read now!
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'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith
'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel
'So good it gave me goosebumps. One of the best writers in America' Sunday Times
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton
'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith
'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel
'A novel to treasure' Sunday Times
Olive, Again follows the blunt, contradictory yet deeply loveable Olive Kitteridge as she grows older, navigating the second half of her life as she comes to terms with the changes - sometimes welcome, sometimes not - in her own existence and in those around her.
Olive adjusts to her new life with her second husband, challenges her estranged son and his family to accept him, experiences loss and loneliness, witnesses the triumphs and heartbreaks of her friends and neighbours in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine - and, finally, opens herself to new lessons about life.
'A powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human relationships' Observer
'She gets better with each book' Maggie O'Farrell
'Her writing is exquisite; her vision is boundless. What a sublime book.' Rachel Joyce
'Glorious' The Times
'A perfect novel' Financial Times
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017
Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018
From the No. 1 New York Times bestselling and Man Booker long-listed author of My Name is Lucy Barton
Anything is Possible tells the story of the inhabitants of rural, dusty Amgash, Illinois, the hometown of Lucy Barton, a successful New York writer who finally returns, after seventeen years of absence, to visit the siblings she left behind.
Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout's place as one of America's most respected and cherished authors.
'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith
'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel
From the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge,this is a startlingly beautiful novel about love and abandonment, faith and hypocrisy – and the peril of family secrets.
‘Deeply moving... In one beautiful page after another, Strout captures the mysterious combinations of hope and sorrow.’ The Washington Post
Katherine is only five years old. Struck dumb with grief at her mother's death, it is down to her father, the heartbroken minister Tyler Caskey, to bring his daughter out of silence. But Tyler is barely surviving himself. Since Lauren's death he struggles to find the right words for his sermons – how can he be a leader to his congregation when he himself is lost?
When Katherine's teacher calls to discuss his daughter's anti-social behaviour, it sparks a chain of events that begins to tear down Tyler's defences. The small-town rumour-mill has much to make of Katherine's odd behaviour, and even more to say about Tyler's relationship with his housekeeper. In Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his congregation's humanity - and his own will to endure the kinds of trials that sooner or later test us all.
Praise for Elizabeth Strout
‘Astonishingly good’ Evening Standard
'So good it gave me goosebumps.’Sunday Times
‘Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force.’ The New Yorker
'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own.' Hilary Mantel
‘Graceful and moving.’ People
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Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy for fifteen years. Shamed by her past and her affair with Amy's father, she has submerged herself in the routine of her dead-end job and her unrequited love for her boss. But when Amy, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks on an illicit affair with her maths teacher, the disgrace intensifies the shame Isabelle feels about her own past.
Throughout one long, sweltering summer, as the events of the small town ebb and flow around them, Amy and Isabelle exist in silent conflict until a final act leads ultimately to the understanding they both crave.
From the Pulitzer prize-winning author of MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON - available for pre-order now
'It is a gift in this life that we do not know what awaits us'
In March 2020 Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea.
Rich with empathy and a searing clarity, Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past, as well as the possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this miraculous novel are the deep human connections that sustain us, even as the world seems to be falling apart.
'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel
'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith
'She gets better with each book' Maggie O'Farrell
Elizabeth Strout, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer y el Premi Llibreter, con tres millones y medio de lectores, recupera a su icónica protagonista, Lucy Barton, en un libro del que no se sale, hermoso, doloroso y profundo como las historias de Lucia Berlin o Alice Munro
Uno de los mejores libros del año según The Times, GQ, Esquire, Elle y Telva
«Esta mujer que tanto me ha dado llenando mis horas de insomnio.»
Elvira Lindo
«Lo más valioso de Elizabeth Strout es la sutileza con que explora los recovecos de la condición humana.»
Fernando Aramburu
«Ay, William confirma su talento para la epifanía heredado de John Cheever, en astuto tándem con la clínica y exacta observación de lo real de James Salter.»
Rodrigo Fresán
«Una maravilla. Delicada, profunda y transparente, una forma de narrar que hipnotiza.»
Manuel Vilas
Inesperadamente, Lucy Barton se convierte en confidente y apoyo de William, su exmarido, el hombre con el que ha tenido dos hijas ya adultas, pero que ahora es casi un desconocido presa de terrores nocturnos y empecinado en desvelar el secreto de su madre.
Mientras su nuevo matrimonio tambalea, William quiere que Lucy lo acompañe en un viaje del que no volverá a ser el mismo. ¿Cuántos sentimientos –celos, piedad, temor, ternura, decepción, extrañeza– caben en un matrimonio, incluso cuando ha terminado –si tal cosa es posible–? Y en el centro de esta historia, la voz indomable de Lucy Barton, su reflexión profunda y perenne sobre nuestra propia existencia: «Así es como funciona la vida. Todolo que no sabemos hasta que ya es demasiado tarde».
La crítica ha dicho:
«Es un libro con mucha sensibilidad. Un canto a la vida, a la propia existencia y una novela testimonial. Es totalmente real todo lo que cuenta en ella. Nos ha encantado».
Carolina González (librería Méndez), RTVE
«Una novela de nuestro tiempo. Magnífica, cruda, poética, narra la descomposición de los afectos en un tiempo marcado por el desapego y el escepticismo».
Rafael Narbona, El Cultural
«La profundidad de su voz emerge con más resonancia que nunca en la tercera entrega de esta trilogía. [...] Maestra de la psicología más íntima, Strout resuelve con agilidad una novela compleja, repleta de matices que van de la intimidad familiar a los asuntos más universales».
Jaime Cedillo, El Cultural
«Una pequeña obra maestra que trata sobre las interioridades de una familia, el crecimiento de los hijos, los obstáculos que surgen a diario... Todo, envuelto en un alarde de sensibilidad que muestra una insólita capacidad para convertir la nimiedad en un canto a la vida».
Elle
«Magnífica. […] Es fácil comparar el mundo literario de Elizabeth Strout al de Alicia Munro o Lucia Berlin».
UM DOS MELHORES LIVROS DO ANO
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Elizabeth Strout dá continuidade à vida de Olive Kitteridge,
uma personagem inesquecível, que arrebatou a imaginação de milhões de leitores
e mereceu um Prémio Pulitzer.
«Olive via que a sua vida - a sua vida, que conceito tolo e palerma -, que a sua vida era diferente, podia eventualmente ser muito diferente ou não ser nada diferente, e ambas as ideias eram inenarravelmente insuportáveis.»
Que é feito de Olive Kitteridge? Quando soubemos dela pela última vez, acabara de perder o companheiro de toda a vida e tentava encontrar um sentido para os seus dias.
O tempo passa, mas Olive não muda e decidiu que ainda não é tempo de desistir da vida. Rude, inconveniente e teimosa, na mesma medida em que é honesta e generosa, Olive Kitteridge continua a observar a pequena cidade de Crosby com a sua peculiar combinação de empatia e reserva, mesmo quando ajuda uma mulher a dar à luz num momento absurdamente inoportuno ou consola uma rapariga que tenta aceitar a morte do pai. Olive sabe que os outros podem ser um espelho de nós. E ganha finalmente coragem para olhar para dentro com a franqueza desarmante que dedica aos demais.
Porque já é tarde para corrigir os erros do passado e a vida não pode esperar, decide agarrar a oportunidade de recomeçar ao lado de Jack Kennison, professor universitário, reformado e viúvo como ela. Ambos suportam a solidão das noites demasiado longas e sentem a falta dos filhos que nãosouberam manter perto de si. Juntos, tentam agarrar o futuro que sabem ser demasiado breve.
Neste novo livro, a inesquecível Olive continua a surpreender-nos com as suas tiradas, a comover-nos com a sua humanidade e a inspirar-nos a aceitar o mistério e o tumulto da vida, vincando o seu lugar como uma personagem literária mais real que a própria vida.
Um romance magistral e comovente sobre a solidão, o amor, a perda e os recomeços, e sobre a esperança que resiste em tudo isto.
Os elogios da crítica:
«Strout levou-me a adorar uma mulher que eu não conhecia, de quem nada sabia. É uma escritora magnífica.»
Zadie Smith, The Guardian
«Olive é uma criação brilhante… A vida, em todo o seu caos e complexidade, está derramada nas páginas deste romance comovente. A autora pode não ter respostas para o mistério da vida, mas também não tem medo dele.»
The Wall Street Journal
«Há muito que admiro a obra de Elizabeth Strout, mas este livro transcende os anteriores e triunfa, pela forma como nos conforta com as suas histórias de dor, dignidade, inteligência e coragem.»
The Washington Post
«Este romance regressa a Olive Kitteridge e à cidade de Crosby para fazer o que Strout melhor sabe fazer: encontrar sentido nos detalhes mais pequenos e mundanos da vida quotidiana.
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