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The Collected Works of Jo Ann Beard
Jo Ann Beard
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Belletristik/Erzählende Literatur
Beschreibung
'Too good... You should read her and not look away' Anne Enright, Guardian
'The stories are essays, the essays are stories. Even when they are not literally true, they contain the kind of truth that great fiction thrives on' The Times
'Literature's best kept secret' Independent
Weaving a complex tapestry drawn from interviews, anecdotes, moments from Beard's own life, and sheer imagination, these extraordinary pieces embody the hospitality of spectacular writing: they are spaces you fall into and are reluctant to leave. From the intimate drama of everyday life - school crushes, dog clinics, divorce - to the terror and excitement of a fox lurking by a campsite or a murderer in your home, Beard flawlessly distils what it means to live deeply as we hurtle through wonder and grief, love and heartbreak.
Bringing together pieces from Beard's first collection, The Boys of My Youth, and Festival Days, which was published two decades later, The Collected Works showcases Jo Ann Beard's impressive breadth, quiet brilliance, and timeless prose.
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Beard has <b>a distinctive, arresting voice</b>, whether she is evoking the frustrations of early childhood, describing desolately beautiful landscapes, or comparing notes with friends about breaking marriages
Beard shares seriocomic territory with Lorrie Moore, Lucia Berlin, Joy Williams and Grace Paley ... and <b>her heart is (relentlessly) in the right place</b>
Jo Ann Beard is <b> a formidable talent</b>. Her writing is <b>darkly moving, full of audacious narrative surprises, and, at times, unexpectedly - almost unbearably - suspenseful</b>
A writer <b>always at the top of her game </b>... she brings to bear a poet's precision, a novelist's empathy and an essayist'
<b>Intimate, intelligent, intense - and ultimately comforting</b>
<b>Brilliant, like nobody else</b>
<b>As controlled and convincing as art</b>
<b>Jo Ann Beard's work impresses me no end</b>. Funny without being sitcomish, self-aware without being self-absorbed, scrupulous without being fussy, emotional without being sentimental, pointed without being cruel - I could go on and on with these distinctions, all in Beard's favour, but instead I'
Beard's power comes from phrasings and insights that aren'
The stories are essays, the essays are stories. Even when they are not literally true, they contain the kind of truth that great fiction thrives on ... the collected works here <b> make me - as a reader - delirious with admiration and - as a writer - furious with envy</b>
[Beard'
Jo Ann Beard is <b>a remarkably modest writer, a kind of literary celebrity</b> ... <b> readers who become fans of her work view it with the kind of amazement associated with human and literal stars</b>
<b>Charged with fine detail</b>... Beard is so good at what she does... <b>In Beard'
This writer <b>has blown my mind</b>. <i>The Boys of My Youth </i>and <i>Cheri </i>feature <b>some of the finest writing I'
<b>A master of creative nonfiction</b>, Beard explores life'
<b>Generous, beautifully observed, compassionate and, at times, genuinely funny</b>
Violence and death are balanced by hard-won, <b>transcendent </b>joy in Beard'
<b>Beard'
<b>A towering talent </b>... Perhaps instead of an essayist we should think of her as a poet-naturalist, wedding intuition and observation, and forming from this union something <b>unaccountably yet undeniably real</b>
<b>Reading Jo Ann Beard is like setting out on a walk with a curious and intelligent friend </b>who is determined to show you how seemingly unrelated things share a secret kinship
Kundenbewertungen
american midwest, friendship, rsl fellow, love, writers on writing, creative non-fiction, annie ernaux, royal society of literature, claire keegan, literary essays, heartbreak, divorce, short stories