Lisa Alther (1) (1944–)
Autor de Kinflicks
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Sobre El Autor
Lisa Alther was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, on July 30, 1944. She graduated from Wellesley College with a B.A. in English literature in 1966. She worked briefly at Atheneum publishers in New York before moving to Vermont. There she wrote for Garden Way, Inc., and taught Southern Fiction at St. mostrar más Michael's College in Winooski. Alther's first novel, Kinflicks, was published in 1976, followed by Original Sins; Other Women; Bedrock; and Five Minutes in Heaven. Her tragicomic novels, which feature feisty lesbian characters, have become international bestsellers and have been translated into several languages. She also wrote a novella, Birdman and the Dancer, based on a series of monotypes by Francoise Gilot. Alther's reviews and articles have appeared in many periodicals, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Natural History, Cosmopolitan, Yankee, and The Guardian. Alther's novels are studied in university courses in English, Southern, and Appalachian literature, women's studies, and gay and lesbian studies. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Lisa Alther
Blood Feud: The Hatfields and the McCoys: The Epic Story of Murder and Vengeance (2012) — Autor — 182 copias
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- Otros nombres
- ALTHER, Lisa
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1944-07-23
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Kingsport, Tennessee
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Hinesburg, Vermont, USA - Educación
- Wellesley College
- Ocupaciones
- novelist
Miembros
Reseñas
Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree - The Search… por Lisa Alther
This is the first book of Lisa Alther's I've read, it won't be the last. This book is full of well researched facts, and Lisa's view of life is very enjoyable.
....woman searches for her DNA ancestry in Appalachia and discovers roots to Portugal, Jewish, Native American heritage - which is not expected since her family culturally identify as Scottish protestant.
I love the way this is written and the humor. It reads so quickly and comes across as an honest re-telling of her experience at each step of the way. It helps me to find surprises and interesting turns in my own DNA ancestry - and that there is no need to try and figure out "how" or "why" information got lost...just focus on your own findings and mostly this brings joy and satisfaction.
And for Lisa Alther -a book!
I initially picked up this book because there was a review by Doris Lessing and so I knew it had to be good. I was concerned about reading a memoir that was going to drag me into the mud of someone else's confusion (claiming universal insight along the way); but nope! This was enjoyable, fun, and i definitely recommend to others to read this book.
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I love the way this is written and the humor. It reads so quickly and comes across as an honest re-telling of her experience at each step of the way. It helps me to find surprises and interesting turns in my own DNA ancestry - and that there is no need to try and figure out "how" or "why" information got lost...just focus on your own findings and mostly this brings joy and satisfaction.
And for Lisa Alther -a book!
I initially picked up this book because there was a review by Doris Lessing and so I knew it had to be good. I was concerned about reading a memoir that was going to drag me into the mud of someone else's confusion (claiming universal insight along the way); but nope! This was enjoyable, fun, and i definitely recommend to others to read this book.
… (más)
Hatfield's of W.V. vs. McCoy's of Kentucky between 1850's and 1890. Very detailed. Reads as if the McCoy's got the worst of it.
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