Patricia Hampl
Autor von The Florist's Daughter
Über den Autor
Patricia Hampl is Regents' Professor at the University of Minnesota.
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- Geburtstag
- 1946-03-12
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Wohnorte
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Ausbildung
- University of Minnesota (BA)
University of Iowa (MFA) - Berufe
- poet
university professor
essayist - Organisationen
- University of Minnesota
- Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Western Literature Association's Distinguished Achievement Award (2001)
MacArthur Fellowship (1990)
Guggenheim Foundation fellowship
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Caroline_McElwee | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 7, 2023 |
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Hempl writes memoir with the artistic flair of fiction. Her poignant account of her mother's passing includes detailed descriptions of St. Paul neighborhoods, her father's work as a florist, her own desire to reach beyond "the middle" of everything.
A historian friend loaned this title to me. After reading it I'm sure that the writer's clever weaving of time and place must be why she recommended it.
A historian friend loaned this title to me. After reading it I'm sure that the writer's clever weaving of time and place must be why she recommended it.
This is another book I read years ago, and now cannot recall what it was like.
Hampl helped me recall my feelings of how I could see the advantages of becoming a contemplative, without ever wanting that kind of life for myself. Her journey kept me reading.
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This is also a memoir about her life, her ancestry, the things of import to her.
Along side this she explores the capacity to be solitary together, within a relationship, and talks out loud to her departed husband with whom she sat for many years across the yellow table. So as well as solitude, there is an acknowledgement of loss. An acknowledgement of a continued conversation.… (mehr)