Kelli Jo Ford
Autor von Crooked Hallelujah
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- Kelli Jo Ford is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Her debut novel-in-stories Crooked Hallelujah was longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel, The Story Prize, the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, The Dublin Literary Award, and The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize. She is the recipient of an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, The Paris Review's Plimpton Prize, a Creative Capital Award, a Native Arts & Cultures Foundation National Artist Fellowship, an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant, and a Dobie Paisano Fellowship. She teaches writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts.
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The story is somewhat arresting, but with the narrative switching back and forth between two generations, I felt like I didn't get to know either enough.
I was very disappointed in this book. Really was not what I thought the book would be about.
I thought it would give some back round into the history of these native American people. Never
really touch it.
The story is about 4 women all related. Each one has seen a tough life and each has their own
demons to deal with. Just really got lost at time of what was happening and which lady it was.
I tried to stick with it but found it slow and confusing. Finally had to give up. I really wanted to
like it but could not… (mehr)
I thought it would give some back round into the history of these native American people. Never
really touch it.
The story is about 4 women all related. Each one has seen a tough life and each has their own
demons to deal with. Just really got lost at time of what was happening and which lady it was.
I tried to stick with it but found it slow and confusing. Finally had to give up. I really wanted to
like it but could not… (mehr)
This book is set in Oklahoma and Texas, but it reminds me of where my family is from in Ohio. Not the landscape but the feeling of fate at work, of holding tight to what you can because the world is not doing you any favors. There's this sense that maybe the end of the world doesn't happen all at once but starts slowly in particular locations, bellwether towns that herald the accelerating approach of disaster. Depressing book, but excellent.
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Justine and Reney are at the center of the stories, starting with Justine getting pregnant, and then covering several years to Reney as an adult. Some are in third person, some in first person, including one from Justine's father-in-law. The result is an effective character portrayal of multiple people from multiple points of view, telling the story of ordinary lives. It was well done, but I read it for book club and I struggle to think of what we will talk about tomorrow. I suspect I won't remember much about it some months from now.… (mehr)