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Elizabeth Strout's acclaimed novel Olive Kitteridge is now the basis for a HBO drama starring Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Olive Kitteridge: indomitable, compassionate and often unpredictable. 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. She is a woman who sees into the hearts of those around her, their triumphs and tragedies. We meet her stoic husband, bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong, and a young man who aches for the mother he lost - and whom Olive comforts by her mere presence, while her own son feels overwhelmed by her complex sensitivities. A penetrating, vibrant exploration of the human soul, the story of Olive Kitteridge will make you laugh, nod in recognition, wince in pain, and shed a tear or two.
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Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout
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- Année de publication
- 2014
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- Titre
- Olive Kitteridge
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Elizabeth Strout
- Éditeur
- Simon + Schuster UK
- Publié
- 2014
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 270
- ISBN13
- 9781471149047
- Séries
- Olive Kitteridge
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Littérature contemporaine, Amour, Famille, Nouvelles, Amitié, États-Unis, Relations, Mort, Vie, Mariage, Romans psychologiques, Mers et océans, Vie quotidienne, Enseignante, professeurs, Vieillesse, Petite ville, Vieillissement, Prix Pulitzer
- Première publication
- 2008
- Titre original
- Olive Kitteridge
- Évaluation
- 3,75 sur 5
- Description
- Elizabeth Strout's acclaimed novel Olive Kitteridge is now the basis for a HBO drama starring Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Olive Kitteridge: indomitable, compassionate and often unpredictable. 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. She is a woman who sees into the hearts of those around her, their triumphs and tragedies. We meet her stoic husband, bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong, and a young man who aches for the mother he lost - and whom Olive comforts by her mere presence, while her own son feels overwhelmed by her complex sensitivities. A penetrating, vibrant exploration of the human soul, the story of Olive Kitteridge will make you laugh, nod in recognition, wince in pain, and shed a tear or two.