Things to Come and Go

Informationen zum Autor Bette Howland (1937-2017) was the author of three books: W-3 , Blue in Chicago , and Things to Come and Go . She received a MacArthur Fellowship in 1984, after which though she continued writing she would not publish another book. Near the end of her life, her stories found new readers when a portfolio of her work appeared in a special issue of A Public Space magazine exploring a generation of women writers, their lifetimes of work, and questions of anonymity and public attention in art. Klappentext The three novellas collected together in Things to Come and Go showcase Bette Howland at her best. Written just before she won the MacArthur Genius Fellowship in 1984, these intimate portraits of Jewish family life are by turns equally truthful and bittersweet. Zusammenfassung The three novellas collected together in Things to Come and Go showcase Bette Howland at her best. Written just before she won the MacArthur Genius Fellowship in 1984, these intimate portraits of Jewish family life are by turns equally truthful and bittersweet.

Product details

• Authors: Bette Howland
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 27.07.2023
• EAN: 9781529035926
• ISBN: 978-1-5290-3592-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Florida, Chicago, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Jewish, Illinois, Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Relating to Jewish people and groups, FICTION / World Literature / American / 20th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary