Olive est l'�pouse du pharmacien de Crosby, une petite ville c�ti�re du Maine. Elle a un fils, Christopher, qu'elle �touffe. Et c'est aussi un professeur de math�matiques brutal et tyrannique, capable, pourtant, d'�lans de bont�. Personnalit� hors normes, a priori peu aimable, mais � combien attachante, Olive traverse cette fresque polyphonique o� les destins des habitants de Crosby - h�ros ordinaires - s'entrem�lent sur une p�riode de trente ans . Salu� outre-Atlantique pour la virtuosit� de ...
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Olive est l'�pouse du pharmacien de Crosby, une petite ville c�ti�re du Maine. Elle a un fils, Christopher, qu'elle �touffe. Et c'est aussi un professeur de math�matiques brutal et tyrannique, capable, pourtant, d'�lans de bont�. Personnalit� hors normes, a priori peu aimable, mais � combien attachante, Olive traverse cette fresque polyphonique o� les destins des habitants de Crosby - h�ros ordinaires - s'entrem�lent sur une p�riode de trente ans . Salu� outre-Atlantique pour la virtuosit� de sa construction et la finesse de son ton, Olive Kitteridge s'inscrit dans la lign�e de romans comme Le coeur est un chasseur solitaire , de Carson McCullers, ou Les Corrections , de Jonathan Franzen. Ce livre a re�u le prix Pulitzer. Un bijou de psychologie et de d�licatesse, comme si Virginia Woolf s'�tait pench�e sur l'�paule d'Elizabeth Strout. Andr� Clavel, L'Express.
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Great Classic Story of a very complicated woman!....Olive Kitteridge is a character you will never forget...like her or not!!
Sharon M
Oct 26, 2014
Difficult reading to follow, but worth it
Prize winning novel
Obviously well used, but still in reasonable condition
Not an easy story to follow, but worth it.
Sandra B
Jun 28, 2012
great book
This is part of my effort to read some good books (Nobel Prize writer) and it is a great book. I
recommend it.
Frances J
May 11, 2012
We all know someone like Olive Kitteridge and we all have her inside of us. I loved her husband, kind, thoughtful and how he knew Olive. All the stories were interesting and thought provoking. This has to be one of my all time favorite books.
emmarenee1986
Sep 11, 2010
Enthralled from page 1
Olive Kitteridge is a novel cleverly crafted out of a series of short stories by Elizabeth Strout. With Olive herself making an appearance in each story, whether as a major or minor character, she is the thread linking all the stories together. With extreme detail and careful description, the reader really gets a sense of the people of Crosby and the town itself, even though these details are spread across stories and span a significant amount of time. It's one of those books that you can wait to finish, but as soon as you turn the last page, you wish it would never end.
