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Jane Smiley

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Jane Smiley was born in Los Angeles, California on September 26, 1949. She received a B. A. from Vassar College in 1971 and an M.F.A. and a Ph.D from the University of Iowa. From 1981 to 1996, she taught undergraduate and graduate creative writing workshops at Iowa State University. Her books mehr anzeigen include The Age of Grief, The Greenlanders, Moo, Horse Heaven, Ordinary Love and Good Will, Some Luck, and Early Warning. In 1985, she won an O. Henry Award for her short story Lily, which was published in The Atlantic Monthly. A Thousand Acres received both the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Jane Smiley

Tausend Morgen: Roman (1991) 6,138 Exemplare
Moo (1995) 2,536 Exemplare
Some Luck (2014) 1,257 Exemplare
Die Scheune im Schatten (2000) 1,171 Exemplare
Die Grönland-Saga. (1988) 1,133 Exemplare
Good Faith (2003) 895 Exemplare
Private Life (2010) 730 Exemplare
Mörder in Manhattan (1984) 724 Exemplare
Ten Days in the Hills (2007) 642 Exemplare
Early Warning (2015) 569 Exemplare
The Age of Grief (1987) 550 Exemplare
Golden Age (2015) 430 Exemplare
Barn Blind (1979) 386 Exemplare
Charles Dickens (2002) 364 Exemplare
Perestroika in Paris (2020) 330 Exemplare
Tor zum Paradies. (1981) 307 Exemplare
The Best American Short Stories 1995 (1995) — Herausgeber — 302 Exemplare
A Dangerous Business (2022) 292 Exemplare
Twenty Yawns (2016) 237 Exemplare
The Georges and the Jewels (2009) 217 Exemplare
Best New American Voices 2006 (2005) 80 Exemplare
Pie in the Sky (2012) 61 Exemplare
Gee Whiz (2013) 42 Exemplare
A Thousand Acres [1997 film] (1997) — Autor — 28 Exemplare
The Hillside (2018) 25 Exemplare
The Strays of Paris (2020) 21 Exemplare
Riding Lessons (2018) 17 Exemplare
Lucky (2024) 9 Exemplare
Taking the Reins (2020) 5 Exemplare
Saddles & Secrets (2019) 5 Exemplare
Lucky (2024) 5 Exemplare
Schön, dass du hier bist (1987) 2 Exemplare
Mood of Christmas 1 Exemplar
In den Jahren der Trauer (1987) 1 Exemplar

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Kleine Frauen (1868) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben26,256 Exemplare
Die Mühle am Floss (1860) — Nachwort, einige Ausgaben8,657 Exemplare
Der Menschen Hörigkeit. (1915) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben8,428 Exemplare
Clyms Heimkehr (1878) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben7,873 Exemplare
Zeit der Geborgenheit: Roman (1987) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben4,241 Exemplare
Nancy's Mysterious Letter (1932) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben2,672 Exemplare
The Sagas of Icelanders (1997) — Vorwort — 2,457 Exemplare
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.] (1884) — Mitwirkender — 1,432 Exemplare
The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction (1983) — Mitwirkender — 1,130 Exemplare
The Balkan Trilogy (1960) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben1,103 Exemplare
Das Fischkonzert (1966) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben626 Exemplare
Wenn die Mondwinden blühen (1962) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben616 Exemplare
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from the New York Times (2001) — Mitwirkender — 444 Exemplare
Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 (2014) — Vorwort — 377 Exemplare
Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking (1979) — Preface, einige Ausgaben350 Exemplare
[SCHOOL FOR LOVE BY MANNING, OLIVIA]PAPERBACK (1951) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben274 Exemplare
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Mitwirkender; Einführung — 183 Exemplare
Me, My Hair, and I: Twenty-seven Women Untangle an Obsession (2015) — Mitwirkender — 140 Exemplare
The Barbie Chronicles: A Living Doll Turns Forty (1999) — Mitwirkender — 105 Exemplare
The Granta Book of the American Long Story (1822) — Mitwirkender — 98 Exemplare
An Innocent Abroad: Life-Changing Trips from 35 Great Writers (2014) — Mitwirkender — 71 Exemplare
The Best American Short Stories 1985 (1985) — Mitwirkender — 61 Exemplare
Marta Oulie: A Novel of Betrayal (1907) — Einführung, einige Ausgaben58 Exemplare
Listen to Their Voices: Twenty Interviews With Women Who Write (1993) — Mitwirkender — 50 Exemplare
The Good Parts: The Best Erotic Writing in Modern Fiction (2000) — Mitwirkender — 34 Exemplare
Antaeus No. 75/76, Autumn 1994 - The Final Issue (1994) — Mitwirkender — 32 Exemplare
Horse Stories (2012) — Mitwirkender — 15 Exemplare
Journeys (1996) — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar

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This is a 4 star read for me, but what an incredible reading experience. Smiley writes in the style of old Norse sagas which is hard to get into, but addictive once you get used to it. It is like a magnificent weave is being created in front of your eyes and you get into the characters' lives and then out and back in again.
These people, who really come to life in the book, sometimes die so easily and there is no dwelling upon it. It is a fascinating style that mirrors the harshness of the environment and the constant struggle and nearness of death the real Greenlanders were used to. This is a difficult book to read also because the reality is so unpleasant and the book makes it almost too real for the reader.

A space-time machine.
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ZeljanaMaricFerli | 32 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 4, 2024 |
A lovely little fable about a horse who escapes her stable outside Paris and journeys to the city, where she makes friends with a stray dog, some birds, and a rat. She is eventually "adopted" by a lonely little boy who hides her in his great-grandmother's house. Not a lot happens, but I really enjoyed this tale of interdependence, community, and friendship.

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katiekrug | 24 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 22, 2024 |
De manera molt properaens explica la vida d'una dona amb cinc fills que va ser abandonada pel marit i es va endur els fills quan ella li va ser infidel
 
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Martapagessala | 14 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 21, 2024 |
Heredarás la tierra
Jane Smiley
Publicado: 1991 | 386 páginas
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Todo parecía apacible en las tierras fértiles de Zebulon County, Iowa, cuando el irascible Larry Cook decidió, en una noche del año 79 —la misma en que celebraban todos el retorno del inquietante Jess Clark—, repartir entre sus tres hijas los mil acres que pertenecieron por cuatro generaciones a la familia. Todo habría seguido la misma rutina de no ser porque, de repente, el viejo Larry Cook, en una especie de proceso senil, empieza a vagar en camioneta por el paisaje, a beber como un cosaco y a armar líos por todas partes. La presencia insidiosa del joven Clark, partidario de una agricultura alternativa, tampoco es ajena a la inquietud que se apodera de las hermanas, quienes ya no consiguen frenar la visión detestable de un padre temible e incestuoso. Los sentimientos de venganza, celos, odio y amor, largamente sofocados, afloran a la par que el veneno que asola aquel verano las tierras, y la tensión que exaspera a sus habitantes irá también atrapando al lector en la trama densa de una tragedia shakesperiana.… (mehr)
 
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libreriarofer | 136 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 20, 2024 |

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