Ordinary Love by Jane Smiley

Ordinary Love by Jane Smiley

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From the author of the Pulitzer-winning A Thousand Acres, two novellas which showcase Jane Smiley’s unique gift for capturing the nuances of American domestic life.

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Ordinary Love by Jane Smiley

From the author of the Pulitzer-winning A Thousand Acres, two novellas which showcase Jane Smileys unique gift for capturing the nuances of American domestic life.

‘With this volume Smiley ratifies her claim as one of her generation’s most eloquent chroniclers of ordinary familial love, its pleasures and its frightening hazards’
New York Times

‘The supremely accomplished chronicler of our life and times.’
Laura Tennant, Harpers & Queen

‘She demonstrates a considerable sensitivity in her treatment of love and friendships. Her vision is as clear and unswerving as the writing.’
TLS

Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles, grew up in St Louis, and studied at Vassar and the University of Iowa, where she received her PH.D. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics’ Circle Award in 1992 for A Thousand Acres.

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ISBN 13 9780007291298
ISBN 10 0007291299
Title Ordinary Love
Author Jane Smiley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 2008-07-01
Number of pages 208
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.