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Each of the 13 tales serves as an individual microcosm of small-town life, with its gossip, small kindnesses, and everyday tragedies. Not all the minor characters stand out the way Henry and Olive do, and there are a pile of them to keep straight by the end. I also couldn’t quite place how one story, “Ship in a Bottle,” meshed with the rest. But those are small flaws far outweighed by the book’s compassion and intelligence. The pleasure in reading “Olive Kitteridge” comes from an intense identification with complicated, not always admirable, characters. And there are moments in which slipping into a character’s viewpoint seems to involve the revelation of an emotion more powerful and interesting than simple fellow feeling—a complex, sometimes dark, sometimes life-sustaining dependency on others. Olive Kitteridge might be described by some as a battle axe or as brilliantly pushy, by others as the kindest person they had ever met. Olive herself has always been certain that she is 100% correct about everything - although, lately, her certitude has been shaken. This indomitable character appears at the centre of these narratives that comprise Olive Kitteridge. In each of them, we watch Olive, a retired schoolteacher, as she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life and the lives of those around her always with brutal honesty, if sometimes painfully. Olive will make you laugh, nod in recognition, as well as wince in pain or shed a tear or two. We meet her stoic husband, bound to her in a marriage both broken and strong, and her own son, tyrannised by Olive's overbearing sensitivities. The reader comes away, amazed by this author's ability to conjure this formidable heroine and her deep humanity that infiltrates every page. Pertenece a las seriesOlive Kitteridge (1) Pertenece a las series editorialesKeltainen kirjasto (505) Mirmanda (74) Contenido enTiene la adaptaciónAparece abreviada enPremiosDistinctionsNotable Lists
Olive Kitteridge es una maestra retirada que vive en un peque? lugar de Maine, en Nueva Inglaterra. A veces dura, otras paciente, a veces lc?ida, otras abnegadamente ciega, Olive lamenta las transformaciones que han agitado el peque? pueblo de Crosby y la deriva catastrf?ica que va tomando el mundo entero, pero no siempre se da cuenta de los cambios menos perceptibles que afectan a las personas ms? cercanas: la desesperacin? de un ex alumno que ha perdido las ganas de vivir; la soledad de su hijo, que se siente tiranizado por los irracionales caprichos maternos; y la presencia de su marido, Henry, que vive su fidelidad conyugal como una maldita bendicin?. Mientras la gente del lugar va afrontando sus problemas, sean leves o graves, Olive va tomando conciencia de s ?misma y de las personas que la rodean, muchas veces dolorosamente, pero siempre con una honestidad entra?ble. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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