Tell Me A Riddle And Yonnondio by Tillie Olsen
Two classics of American literature from one of the twentieth century's most gifted writers.
Feminist author famous for helping aspiring women writers to find a voice * Guardian *
Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten, or never known -- Alice Walker
Tillie Olsen's is a unique voiceFew writers have gained such . . . reverence -- Margaret Atwood
Charged with emotional detail and delivered with an attention to the rhythms of consciousness more rigorous and powerful than most of what is called realism * New York Times *
There's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness * Kirkus Reviews *
Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten, or never known * ALICE WALKER *
Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such ... reverence * MARGARET ATWOOD *
Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten, or never known -- Alice Walker
Tillie Olsen's is a unique voiceFew writers have gained such . . . reverence -- Margaret Atwood
Charged with emotional detail and delivered with an attention to the rhythms of consciousness more rigorous and powerful than most of what is called realism * New York Times *
There's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness * Kirkus Reviews *
Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten, or never known * ALICE WALKER *
Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such ... reverence * MARGARET ATWOOD *
Activist and author Tillie Olsen is best known for her prize-winning fiction Tell Me a Riddle and Yonnondio: From the Thirties. She has taught at MIT, Stanford, and Amherst. Olsen is an recipient of an Award for Distinguished Contribution to American Literature from the American Academy and the National Institute of Arts and Letters. Regarded as one of the greatest novelists of all time, Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a social reformer, pacifist, Christian anarchist, and vegetarian in his naive Russia. His masterpieces, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, represent what is considered the peak of realistic fiction.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844085637 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844085635 |
| Title | Tell Me A Riddle And Yonnondio |
| Author | Tillie Olsen |
| Series | Virago Modern Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Virago Press (Uk) |
| Year published | 2008-06-12 |
| Number of pages | 340 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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