Anne Tyler
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Sobre El Autor
Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 25, 1941. She graduated from Duke University at the age of 19 and completed graduate work in Russian studies at Columbia University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a librarian and bibliographer. Her first novel, If Morning mostrar más Ever Comes, was published in 1964. Her other works include Saint Maybe, Back When We Were Grownups, Digging to America, Noah's Compass, The Beginner's Goodbye, A Spool of Blue Thread, and Vinegar Girl. She has won several awards including the PEN Faulkner Award in 1983 for Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award for The Accidental Tourist, and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Breathing Lessons. The Accidental Tourist was adapted into a 1988 movie starring William Hurt and Geena Davis. In 2018 her title, Clock Dance, made the bestsellers list. (Bowker Author Biography) Anne Tyler was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina. "Back When We Were Grownups" is her 15th novel; her 11th, "Breathing Lessons", won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Letters. She lives in Baltimore, Maryland. (Publisher Provided) mostrar menos
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Obras de Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler Omnibus: The Accidental Tourist, Breathing Lessons, Searching for Caleb (1991) 124 copias, 2 reseñas
Anne Tyler Omnibus: Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Morgan's Passing, The Tin Can Tree, If Morning Ever Comes (1990) 102 copias, 1 reseña
Anne Tyler: Three Complete Novels: A Patchwork Planet * Ladder of Years * Saint Maybe (2001) 54 copias, 1 reseña
Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the South (2005) — Selected and Introduced by — 47 copias
Average Waves in Unprotected Waters / Knack for Languages / Holding Things Together (2004) 44 copias
Anne Tyler Omnibus: Breathing Lessons, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, The Accidental Tourist (1990) 14 copias
Anne Tyler Omnibus: Earthly Possessions, Morgan's Passing, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1991) 13 copias
Anne Tyler Omnibus: The Accidental Tourist, Back When We Were Grownups, Breathing Lessons, A Ptchwork Planet (1986) 4 copias
Anne Tyler's Saint Maybe 3 copias
The clock winder 1 copia
Toujours paartir 1 copia
Beautiful Lies 1 copia
Penelope Fitzgerald 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The Writer on Her Work, Volume I: Contemporary Women Writers Reflect on their Art and Situation (1980) — Contribuidor — 184 copias, 1 reseña
This Is My Best: Great Writers Share Their Favorite Work (2004) — Contribuidor — 165 copias, 3 reseñas
The Accidental Tourist (abridged|Penguin Readers, level 3) (1999) — Original novel — 20 copias, 2 reseñas
Det Bästas Bokval (2004) vol 232: Besökaren; Det sista löftet; Ord mot ord; Förr när vi var vuxna (2004) — Autor — 2 copias
Best in Books: Sea Jade, Kennedy without Tears, If Morning Ever Comes, The Ziegfeld's Girl, A Vanishing America (1965) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1941-10-25
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Baltimore, Maryland, USA - Educación
- Duke University
Columbia University (Russian studies) - Ocupaciones
- librarian
bibliographer
novelist
short-story writer - Relaciones
- Modarressi, Taghi (husband)
Modarressi, Mitra (daughter)
Jones, Judith (editor) - Organizaciones
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1983)
- Premios y honores
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 1977)
Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2011) - Agente
- Diarmuid Russell (Russell and Volkening)
Timothy Seldes
Miembros
Debates
January 2019: Anne Tyler en Monthly Author Reads (agosto 2021)
Anne Tyler: American Author Challenge 2016 en 75 Books Challenge for 2016 (mayo 2016)
Detached woman works for family, brother commits suicide, but a happy ending. en Name that Book (octubre 2011)
Fiction- "Perfect" wife and mom walks away from family during beach vacation and begins a completely en Name that Book (Septiembre 2010)
Reseñas
Listas
Female Author (2)
Best First Lines (1)
To Read (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
GAL Book Club (1)
1970s (1)
Favourite Books (1)
AP Lit (1)
All Iowa Reads (1)
1980s (1)
Unread books (1)
Fiction For Men (1)
Secrets Books (1)
Carole's List (2)
1960s (2)
USA Road Trip (1)
Booker Prize (1)
Allie's Wishlist (1)
Southern Fiction (1)
Premios
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 72
- También por
- 19
- Miembros
- 51,501
- Popularidad
- #296
- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 1,721
- ISBNs
- 1,201
- Idiomas
- 25
- Favorito
- 275
Pearl, una mujer de ochenta y cinco años, no quiere caminar hacia la muerte sin recordar antes los momentos importantes de su vida, empezando por aquella noche de domingo de 1944 en que su marido puso cuatro trapos en una maleta y le contó que se iba, sin explicar dónde, sin decir si y cuándo volvería. A la mañana siguiente, faltaba alguien en la mesa del desayuno, pero la mujer no se atrevió a contar la verdad a sus tres hijos; lo que hizo fue buscarse un trabajo y aprender a disimular, educando a Cody, Jenny y Ezra como mejor supo, olvidándose a menudo de regalarles caricias y buenas palabras.
Los años han ido pasando, y ahora Cody es un hombre obsesionado por acumular afecto y dinero que no le pertenecen, Jenny busca una felicidad improbable en los hombres que la acompañan, y Ezra es el único que parece disfrutar de la vida entre las cuatro paredes de su restaurante. Es allí donde la familia se reúne, pero siempre hay un sitio vacío a la espera de que alguien llegue o vuelva... Alrededor de ese vacío, de ese plato abandonado, Anne Tyler ha construido un mundo donde cada lector encontrará su propia historia.… (más)