Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - Contemporary Fiction - Paperback

Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781471168864
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Age Range: Adult

Overview
Olive Kitteridge is Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel-in-stories, later adapted into an Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand. Set in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, it weaves together thirteen interlinked narratives centred on Olive, a retired schoolteacher whose sharp tongue and tender heart quietly shape the lives of everyone around her. Funny, wrenching and deeply human, this is a modern classic of American literary fiction, perfect for readers who love character-driven stories about ordinary lives.

About the Book
Olive Kitteridge is a complex, often contradictory woman: indomitable to some, compassionate to others, and always utterly convinced she is right. A retired schoolteacher in the small coastal town of Crosby, Maine, she moves through the novel's thirteen linked stories sometimes as the central figure, sometimes as a passing presence at the edge of someone else's crisis. Through her, and through the wider community of Crosby, Elizabeth Strout builds a portrait of a life — and a town — across decades: marriages that endure or crumble, children who leave and return, illness, loss, small acts of kindness and cruelty, and the quiet accumulation of regret and hope that makes up an ordinary existence. Strout's prose is spare, precise and unsentimental, yet the emotional impact is enormous; readers consistently describe finishing the book in tears despite few overtly dramatic events. The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and has been praised by critics as one of the finest American novels of its era, later inspiring the HBO miniseries starring Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins and Bill Murray. Whether read as a single sustained narrative or as a set of interlocking short stories, Olive Kitteridge rewards patient, attentive reading with one of contemporary fiction's most memorable and divisive protagonists.

• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner
• Basis for the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries
• Brand new paperback copy, perfect for gifting or collecting
• Ideal for book clubs and literary fiction fans
• Character-driven storytelling praised by critics worldwide
• Fast, free UK delivery

About the Author
Elizabeth Strout is an American novelist best known for Olive Kitteridge, for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Her other acclaimed novels include Abide with Me, Amy and Isabelle, The Burgess Boys, My Name is Lucy Barton, and Olive, Again, the sequel to Olive Kitteridge. She has been a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize, and her work is celebrated for its precise, compassionate portrayal of everyday American life. Strout lives in Maine and New York City.

Why You'll Love This Novel
A masterclass in character and quiet emotional power, Olive Kitteridge is the kind of book that stays with you long after the final page — perfect for literary fiction lovers and book clubs alike.

Please Note: Cover design may vary slightly from the image shown; this is the UK edition with the ISBN specified above.