An extraordinary new novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning, Number One New York Times bestselling author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton.
Elizabeth Strout is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge, as well as The Burgess Boys, Abide With Me, Amy and Isabelle, My Name is Lucy Barton and Anything is Possible. She has also been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize and was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She lives in New York City and Portland, Maine.
A novel to treasure... Olive, Again, like Strout's first
book, delivers roughly five hours of spine-tingling pleasure. *
Sunday Times *
Olive, Again is a tour de force. With extraordinary economy
of prose - few writers can pack so much emotion, so much emotion,
so much detail into a single paragraph - Strout immerses us in the
lives of her characters, each so authentically drawn as to be
deserving of an entire novel themselves. Compassionate, masterly
and profound, this is a writer at the height of her powers *
Observer *
Emotionally honest, psychologically piercing and ultimately
life-affirming * The i *
Her writing is exquisite; her vision is boundless. What a sublime
book.
A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her
own. In Olive, Again, she teaches us that there is always
more to know about human beings, even the ones we are closest
to.
There's no simple truth about human existence, Strout reminds us,
only wonderful, painful complexity. 'Well, that's life,' Olive
says. 'Nothing you can do about it.' Beautifully written and alive
with compassion, at times almost unbearably poignant. A thrilling
book in every way. * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *
Strout again demonstrates her gift for zeroing in on ordinary
moments in the lives of ordinary people to highlight their
extraordinary resilience * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
She gets better with each book
Glorious * The Times *
A perfect novel * Financial Times *
In Olive Kitteridge, Strout has created one of those rare
characters...so vivid and humorous they seems to take on a life
independent of the story framing them * Guardian *
Elizabeth Strout is... one of the undisputed heavyweights of
generous, clear-eyed domestic realism * Daily Mail *
A special, precious book...full of hope and humanity * Red *
Funny, sad, tender and truthful, this is pure joy * Stylist *
A powerful storyteller immersed in the nuances of human
relationships * Observer *
Strout really can write you into a world until you feel you are
there with her, in that house, that life, that little Podunk of a
place * The Times *
Strout, always good, just keeps getting better * Vogue *
A writer at the peak of her powers * Literary Review *
It's hard to believe that a year after the astonishing My Name
Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout could bring us another book
that is by every measure its equal, but what Strout proves to us
again and again is that where she's concerned, anything is
possible. This book, this writer, are magnificent. -- Ann Patchett
on 'Anything is Possible'
Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force * New Yorker *
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