Name: Homeland: And Other Stories
Price: 19.69 EUR
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Author: Barbara Kingsolver
ISBN: 9780062277749

Type

Physical Book

Author

Barbara Kingsolver

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

272

Format

Paperback

ISBN

006227774x

ISBN13

9780062277749

Synopsis "Homeland: And Other Stories "

With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over landscapes ranging from Northern California to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy, and powerful endurance. In every setting, Kingsolver's distinctive voice— at times comic, but often heartrending—rings true as she explores the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone.Homeland and Other Stories creates a world of love and possibility that readers will want to take as their own.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Novelist, essayist, and American poet, Barbara Kingsolver was born in Annapolis, Maryland, on April 8, 1955. She grew up in Kentucky and spent a brief period of time in Congo during her childhood.

Kingsolver studied Biology at DePauw University and the University of Arizona. Later, she began working as a freelance writer before dedicating herself to writing novels. In 2000, she created the Bellwether Prize with the goal of promoting literature in favor of social change.

In her literary work, she has written about social justice, biodiversity, and the relationship between people and their environment. Among her works are titles such as The Poisonwood Bible, The Lacuna (Women's Fiction Prize 2010), and Demon Copperhead (Pulitzer Prize 2023 along with Hernán Díaz's Trust and Women's Fiction Prize 2023)

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