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Informationen zum Autor Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres , which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years trilogy: Some Luck , Early Warning , and Golden Age . She is also the author of several works of non-fiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California. Klappentext [extract] Two months after her husband died, on November 12, 1851, Eliza Ripple stopped writing letters to her mother back in Kalamazoo. The reason was both simple and complex. Her mother had written her three letters, all of them lamenting and lamenting and lamenting Peter's demise, but, apart from the shock (which was perfectly understandable given that he was shot in a bar fight in Monterey), Eliza was more relieved than upset. Praise for Jane Smiley '[Smiley] seemingly writes the way her idol Dickens did - as easily as if it were breathing' New York Times 'The phrase "a great novelist at the height of her powers" is so overused, but for once here it really is true' The Times 'Smiley is that rare three-fer: meticulous historian, intelligent humorist and seasoned literary novelist' Los Angeles Times Vorwort A brilliant, evocative novel about two women, Eliza and Jean, who try to find out what happened to the young women murdered in their town, in 1850s California. Zusammenfassung A brilliant, evocative novel about two women, Eliza and Jean, who try to find out what happened to the young women murdered in their town, in 1850s California.
