Kaui Hart Hemmings
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Kaui Hart Hemmings is a writer who was born and raised in Hawaii. She attended Colorado College and graduated in 1998. Her debut novel The Descendants was adapted by Alexander Payne and Jim Rash into the acclaimed 2011 American film The Descendants, starring George Clooney. She had previously mehr anzeigen published a collection of her stories in the book House of Thieves. She also wrote "How to Party with an Infant " published 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Kaui Hart Hemmings
The Minor Wars [short story] 1 Exemplar
Os Descendentes 1 Exemplar
Um Mundo de Possibilidades 1 Exemplar
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A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure, and Discovery on the Road (2013) — Mitwirkender — 99 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Hemmings, Kaui Hart
- Geburtstag
- 1975
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Hawaii, USA
- Wohnorte
- Hawai'i, USA
San Francisco, California, USA - Ausbildung
- Colorado College
Sarah Lawrence College
Stanford University (Stegner Fellow) - Agent
- Kim Witherspoon (Inkwell Management)
- Kurzbiographie
- Kaui grew up in Hawaii and has degrees from Colorado College and Sarah Lawrence College. A former Wallace Stegner fellow, she now lives in Hawaii. Her work has appeared in The Sun, StoryQuarterly, Zoetrope, Best American Nonrequired Reading, Best American New Voices, the L.A Times, and the New York Times. House of Thieves is a collection of stories. The Descendants is her first novel. It has been published in five other countries and will soon be a film directed by Alexander Payne.
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- 13
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- #16,183
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- 3.8
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Although the book is set in Hawaii it seems to be a fairly white, upper class version of Hawaii. There are some references to the setting, culture, and ethnic tensions but largely it felt as if the stories could have been set anywhere. Several of the stories have a somewhat incesty feel to them. Overall it was well written and I would read another of her books.… (mehr)