
Tell Me A Riddle And Yonnondio
Tillie Olsen(Author)
Virago Press Ltd
Published on 12. June 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-1-84408-563-7 (ISBN)
Description
ONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S MOST GIFTED AMERICAN WRITERS
'Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such . . . reverence' MARGARET ATWOOD
'Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten' ALICE WALKER
'There's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness' KIRKUS REVIEWS
Tillie Olsen carved a permanent place in American literature on the strength of a single book, Tell Me a Riddle in 1962. This collection was widely hailed as a work of genius, in which the voices of ordinary Americans, black and white, male and female, were given their own rhythms and forms of expression.
Yonnondio, Olsen's only novel, was begun during the depression and completed in 1974. It tells the story of the Hollbrooks, an itinerant working-class family in America during the thirties. Brutalised by poverty, they struggle to find a space to breathe, to dream and to create a bettter life for their children. Told in compelling, haunting prose, it is a profound and timeless story of the human will to survive.
'Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such . . . reverence' MARGARET ATWOOD
'Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten' ALICE WALKER
'There's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness' KIRKUS REVIEWS
Tillie Olsen carved a permanent place in American literature on the strength of a single book, Tell Me a Riddle in 1962. This collection was widely hailed as a work of genius, in which the voices of ordinary Americans, black and white, male and female, were given their own rhythms and forms of expression.
Yonnondio, Olsen's only novel, was begun during the depression and completed in 1974. It tells the story of the Hollbrooks, an itinerant working-class family in America during the thirties. Brutalised by poverty, they struggle to find a space to breathe, to dream and to create a bettter life for their children. Told in compelling, haunting prose, it is a profound and timeless story of the human will to survive.
Reviews / Votes
Feminist author famous for helping aspiring women writers to find a voice * Guardian * Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten, or never known -- Alice Walker Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such . . . reverence -- Margaret Atwood Charged with emotional detail and delivered with an attention to the rhythms of consciousness more rigorous and powerful than most of what is called realism * New York Times * There's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness * Kirkus Reviews * Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten, or never known * ALICE WALKER * Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such ... reverence * MARGARET ATWOOD *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Little, Brown Book Group
Dimensions
Height: 133 mm
Width: 199 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
240 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84408-563-7 (9781844085637)
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Previous edition
Tillie Olsen
Tell Me A Riddle And Yonnondio
Book
11/1990
Virago Press Ltd
€31.13
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