Mary Gaitskill
Autor de Bad Behavior
Sobre El Autor
Mary Gaitskill was born in Lexington, Kentucky on November 11, 1954. She received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan. She is a novelist, essayist, and short story writer. Her novels include Veronica, The Mare, and Two Girls, Fat and Thin. Her collections of short stories include mostrar más Bad Behavior, Because They Wanted To, and Don't Cry. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Joe Gaffney
Obras de Mary Gaitskill
The Other Place 4 copias
Obras relacionadas
Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story (2012) — Introducción — 221 copias
Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process (2017) — Contribuidor — 138 copias
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contribuidor — 132 copias
Tasting Life Twice: Literary Lesbian Fiction by New American Writers (1995) — Contribuidor — 122 copias
More Stories We Tell: The Best Contemporary Short Stories by North American Women (2004) — Contribuidor — 64 copias
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contribuidor — 45 copias
The Second Gates of Paradise: The Anthology of Erotic Short Fiction (1997) — Contribuidor — 36 copias
Out of Line: Women on the Verge of a Breakthrough — Contribuidor — 1 copia
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Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1954-11-11
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Lexington, Kentucky, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Rhinebeck, New York, USA
New York, New York, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
San Francisco, California, USA
Marin County, California, USA - Educación
- University of Michigan (BA)
- Ocupaciones
- essayist
short story writer
novelist - Relaciones
- Trachtenberg, Peter (husband, separated)
- Premios y honores
- Hopwood Award
Guggenheim Fellowship (2002)
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Veronica: A Novel por Mary Gaitskill
A story of awakening compassion. As with much of her writing, Gaitskill takes me back to my youth.
Just couldn't connect
As I put in the title, I just couldn't connect with this. There are two stories here, and from the beginning the author hops back and forth between the two. Sometimes that can work, but when you're halfway through it and there is still no apparent connection, it gets annoying. Particularly when neither has any apparent point by halfway through.
As I put in the title, I just couldn't connect with this. There are two stories here, and from the beginning the author hops back and forth between the two. Sometimes that can work, but when you're halfway through it and there is still no apparent connection, it gets annoying. Particularly when neither has any apparent point by halfway through.
A small little book about a huge issue (sexual misconduct and its power dynamics) which ultimately leaves readers in a bemused state of empathy.
Huh. I think I may have read this too close to [b:The Robber Bride|17650|The Robber Bride|Margaret Atwood|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320478077s/17650.jpg|1119196] to properly appreciate it. Both books have women carefully selected to contrast each other. Both focus on their childhood, their adolescence and then their adulthood, starting with adulthood then going back to childhood and working their way forward. Both grapple with dark themes and child abuse.
In contrast, Two Girls, Fat and Thin has beautifully vivid writing, particularly in the chapters narrated by Dorothy where her imagination roams free, but less substantial characterization.… (más)
In contrast, Two Girls, Fat and Thin has beautifully vivid writing, particularly in the chapters narrated by Dorothy where her imagination roams free, but less substantial characterization.… (más)
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