Elizabeth Strout

«Este libro, esta autora, son magn ficos . -ANN PATCHETT Todo es posible cuenta la historia de los habitantes de Amgash, una ciudad rural de Illinois donde naci Lucy Barton, quien luego se convirti en una escritora de xito afincada en Nueva York. Cuando Lucy vuelve a su lugar de origen al cabo de diecisiete a os para visitar a los hermanos que dej atr s, el regreso desencadena en quienes la conocieron recuerdos de soledad y condescendencia, sentimientos fuertes y sutiles, y la sensaci n de que un abismo creciente separa los deseos y la realidad de cada cual. Con esta novela luminosa se consolida la importancia de Elizabeth Strout como una de las autoras m s apreciadas y respetadas de Estados Unidos. «Este es un libro magn nimo e ir nico sobre la vida cotidiana, y Strout se mete bajo la piel de sus personajes hasta que sientes que los ves por dentro . -USA TODAY «En este libro sabio y excelente, el dolor y la sanaci n existen en perpetua dependencia . -THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ENGLISH DESCRIPTION NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this "compulsively readable" (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout "This book, this writer, are magnificent."--Ann Patchett Winner of The Story Prize - A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book - One of USA Today's top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human emotion through the intimate dramas of people struggling to understand themselves and others. Here are two sisters: One trades self-respect for a wealthy husband while the other finds in the pages of a book a kindred spirit who changes her life. The janitor at the local school has his faith tested in an encounter with an isolated man he has come to help; a grown daughter longs for mother love even as she comes to accept her mother's happiness in a foreign country; and the adult Lucy Barton (the heroine of My Name Is Lucy Barton, the author's celebrated New York Times bestseller) returns to visit her siblings after seventeen years of absence. Reverberating with the deep bonds of family, and the hope that comes with reconciliation, Anything Is Possible again underscores Elizabeth Strout's place as one of America's most respected and cherished authors.

Olive Kitteridge er en pensjonert skolelærer i en liten kystby i Maine – en ukuelig, lidenskapelig og ofte uforutsigbar kvinne. Noen ganger er hun oppfarende, andre ganger er hun tålmodig. Noen ganger er hun klok, andre ganger er hun forstokket. Noen ganger banker hjertet hennes hardt og sterkt, mens andre ganger går det rett og slett i stykker.Olive Kitteridge er en av de høyest elskede amerikanske romanene fra de siste tiårene, romanen vant Pulitzer-prisen og HBOs filmatisering ble en internasjonal suksess. Tv-serien kan likevel vanskelig måle seg mot Strouts fenomen av en roman: De tretten sammenflettede fortellingene med Olive Kitteridge som fellesnevner gir oss et skarpt og svimlende bilde av småbylivet i Crosby – og er et av de sterkeste og mest særpregede kvinneportrettene i moderne litteratur.

Elizabeth Strout fikk Pulitzer-prisen for den første boka om Olive Kitteridge og det er ikke mange skikkelser i moderne litteratur som denne bryske, grovbygde, kantete og kloke pensjonerte mattelærerinnen fra småbyen Crosby i Maine.I Olive, igjen strever Olive med å forstå både seg selv andre. Hun må forsone seg med kroppens forfall og med hjemmehjelperen som dytter på putene hennes. Men fortsatt får vi gjennom Olive se menneskene rundt henne i småbyen: deres tausheter og tilkortkommenhet, deres kjærlighet og forvirring, deres øyeblikk av innsikt eller nåde.

"Varje ny bok av henne känns som en gåva" Ingalill Mosander"Romanen efterlämnar en känsla av värme och hopp" Dagens Nyheter”Ren läsnjutning!” Damernas Värld"ett varsamt kalibrerat kammarspel" Borås Tidning"en underbart levande bok från ett författarskap jag unnar varje läsare att bekanta sig med." Västerbottens-KurirenMitt under pågående pandemi föreslår Lucy Bartons exmake William att de tillsammans ska fly New York. Trots deras trassliga förflutna följer Lucy med, fast övertygad om att det rör sig om ett par veckors vistelse i en lite kuststad i Maine. Under månaderna som följer är Lucy och William utelämnade till varandra och irritationen blir allt större i huset intill det lynniga, brusande havet.Lucy kämpar med isoleringen och längtar tillbaka till sitt älskade New York. Hon konfronteras med sitt förflutna och sina sorger. Hon saknar sin nyss avlidne make, plågas av en väns död och tänker på de vuxna döttrarna, som inte längre tycks behöva henne. Hon ser hur döttrarna kämpar med sin kärlek till varandra, en kärlek som ibland lider av svår bitterhet och distans.Men under promenaderna och i tystnaden finns också ett välgörande lugn och vila. Långsamt får livet en annan skärpa och en oväntad vänskap föds i mötet med grannen Bob. Häpen upptäcker hon att han känns närmare henne än vad William någonsin varit. Med små medel, en utsökt humor och en skarpsinnig blick skildrar Elizabeth Strout hur svår, nyckfull och vacker intimitet kan vara människor emellan.

I den kritikerroste debutromanen Amy og Isabelle (1998) følger vi alenemoren Isabelle og hennes seksten år gamle datter Amy gjennom en kvelende varm sommer på 1970-tallet hvor alt kommer for en dag. Hvert blikk de sender hverandre dirrer av en blanding av kjærlighet og avsky og etter at Amy blir oppdaget bak nedduggede ruter i mattelærerens bil så blir den enorme, iskalde avstanden mellom mor og datter helt uoverkommelig.Når skandalen når alles ører så er det Isabelle som lider under den harde dommen fra innbyggerne i den lille industribyen Shirley Falls, og får forsterket skammen over sin egen hemmelige fortid. Amy og Isabelle skildrer ikke bare en tenåringsjente som opplever kjærlighet og svik for første gang, men også en kvinne som i jakten på et respektabelt liv har fornektet sine dypeste følelser og lengsler. «En roman som skinner av integritet og humor» Alice Munro

Det er høst i Maine og småbyadvokaten Bob Burgess er opptatt med en drapsetterforskning. Han forsvarer en ensom, isolert mann som er mistenkt for å ha drept sin egen mor. Samtidig er Bob oppslukt av å dyrke vennskapet med den anerkjente forfatteren Lucy Barton. Lucy og Bob snakker om livet, om det de håper på og det de angrer på, og om det som kunne ha vært. Lucy blir også kjent med en av Crosbys lengstlevende innbyggere, nitti år gamle Olive Kitteridge, som bor i et aldersboligkompleks i utkanten av byen. De tilbringer ettermiddager med å fortelle hverandre historier i Olives leilighet.Fortell meg alt er en roman full av håp, en roman om nye vennskap, gammel kjærlighet, og det veldig menneskelige ønsket om å sette spor etter seg i verden. Med stor følsomhet viser Strout oss hvordan våre relasjoner kan holde oss flytende. Som Lucy sier: «Kjærlighet kommer i så mange varianter, men det er alltid kjærlighet.»

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHORSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2025'Stunning, deeply felt and profoundly intelligent' GuardianIt’s autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer, Lucy Barton, who lives nearby in a house next to the sea. Together, Lucy and Bob talk about their lives, their hopes and regrets, and what might have been.Lucy, meanwhile, befriends one of Crosby’s longest inhabitants, Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive’s apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known – “unrecorded lives,” Olive calls them – reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning.Brimming with empathy and pathos, TELL ME EVERYTHING is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, “Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love.”***'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith'Strout’s ability to reveal the wonder in unrecorded lives continues to astonish' TelegraphOPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK: 'A beautiful read reminding us that there is extraordinary love in ordinary actions' Oprah WinfreyElizabeth Strout, Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK - From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a "stunner" (People) of a novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. "Tell Me Everything hits like a bucolic fable. . . . A novel of moods, how they govern our personal lives and public spaces, reflected in Strout's shimmering technique."--The Washington Post SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Vogue, ParadeWith her remarkable insight into the human condition and silences that contain multitudes, Elizabeth Strout returns to the town of Crosby, Maine, and to her beloved cast of characters--Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge, Bob Burgess, and more--as they deal with a shocking crime in their midst, fall in love and yet choose to be apart, and grapple with the question, as Lucy Barton puts it, "What does anyone's life mean?" It's autumn in Maine, and the town lawyer Bob Burgess has become enmeshed in an unfolding murder investigation, defending a lonely, isolated man accused of killing his mother. He has also fallen into a deep and abiding friendship with the acclaimed writer Lucy Barton, who lives down the road in a house by the sea with her ex-husband, William. Together, Lucy and Bob go on walks and talk about their lives, their fears and regrets, and what might have been. Lucy, meanwhile, is finally introduced to the iconic Olive Kitteridge, now living in a retirement community on the edge of town. They spend afternoons together in Olive's apartment, telling each other stories. Stories about people they have known--"unrecorded lives," Olive calls them--reanimating them, and, in the process, imbuing their lives with meaning. Brimming with empathy and pathos, Tell Me Everything is Elizabeth Strout operating at the height of her powers, illuminating the ways in which our relationships keep us afloat. As Lucy says, "Love comes in so many different forms, but it is always love."

From the author of Tell Me Everything, My Name is Lucy Barton and Olive Kitteridge: a gorgeous new edition of Elizabeth Strout's celebrated novel The Burgess Boys Haunted by the freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown for New York as soon as they could. Jim, a successful corporate lawyer, has belittled his bighearted brother their whole lives, something that Bob, a legal aid attorney who idolises Jim, has always taken in his stride. But when their sister desperately calls them back home to Shirley Falls to help her teenage son out of trouble, long-buried tensions begin to surface in unexpected ways that will change them forever. A stunning story about the tragedies and triumphs of two brothers, from the bestselling author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge. Exploring the ties that bind us to family and home, this novel will resonate with readers long after they turn the final page. Praise for Elizabeth Strout ‘Astonishingly good’ Evening Standard 'So good it gave me goosebumps’ Sunday Times ‘Strout animates the ordinary with astonishing force’ The New Yorker 'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary Mantel

A beautiful new edition of Elizabeth Strout's tender, brilliant debut novel Isabelle Goodrow has been living in self-imposed exile with her daughter Amy for 15 years. Shamed by her past and her affair with Amy's father she has submerged herself in the routine of her dead-end job and her unrequited love for her boss. But when Amy, frustrated by her quiet and unemotional mother, embarks on an illicit affair with her maths teacher, the disgrace intensifies the shame Isabelle feels about her own past. Throughout one long, sweltering summer as the events of the small town ebb and flow around them, Amy and Isabelle exist in silent conflict until a final act leads ultimately to the understanding they both crave.

A beautiful new edition of one of acclaimed writer Elizabeth Strout's much-loved novels Katherine is only five-years-old. Struck dumb with grief at her mother's death, it is down to her father, the heartbroken minister Tyler Caskey, to bring his daughter out of silence she has observed in the wake of the family's tragedy. But Tyler Caskey is barely surviving himself. His cold, church-assigned home is colder still since Lauren's death, and he struggles to find the right words for his sermons; struggles to be a leader to his congregation when he himself is lost. When Katherine's schoolteacher calls to discuss his daughter's anti-social behaviour, it sparks a chain of events that begins to tear down Tyler's defences. The small-town rumour-mill has much to make of Katherine's odd behaviour, and even more to say about Tyler's relationship with his housekeeper, Connie Hatch. And in Tyler's darkest hour, a startling discovery will test his congregation's humanity - and his own will to endure the kinds of trials that sooner or later test us all. From the Booker-shortlisted author of Oh, William!, this is a startlingly beautiful novel about love and abandonment, faith and hypocrisy; and the peril of family secrets…

The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge from the author of Olive, Again and Oh William! Olive Kitteridge: indomitable, compassionate, and often unpredictable. A retired schoolteacher in a small coastal town in Maine, as Olive grows older, she struggles to make sense of the changes in her life. She is a woman who sees into the hearts of those around her, their triumphs and tragedies. A penetrating, vibrant exploration of the human soul, the story of Olive Kitteridge will make you laugh, nod in recognition, wince in pain, and shed a tear or two. 'As perfect a novel as you will ever read'Evening Standard 'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own'Hilary Mantel

I den kritikerroste debutromanen Amy og Isabelle (1998) følger vi alenemoren Isabelle og hennes seksten år gamle datter Amy gjennom en kvelende varm sommer på 1970-tallet hvor alt kommer for en dag. Hvert blikk de sender hverandre dirrer av en blanding av kjærlighet og avsky og etter at Amy blir oppdaget bak nedduggede ruter i mattelærerens bil så blir den enorme, iskalde avstanden mellom mor og datter helt uoverkommelig. Når skandalen når alles ører så er det Isabelle som lider under den harde dommen fra innbyggerne i den lille industribyen Shirley Falls, og får forsterket skammen over sin egen hemmelige fortid. Amy og Isabelle skildrer ikke bare en tenåringsjente som opplever kjærlighet og svik for første gang, men også en kvinne som i jakten på et respektabelt liv har fornektet sine dypeste følelser og lengsler. «En roman som skinner av integritet og humor» Alice Munro

Miten tässä näin kävi?Rakastetun Elizabeth Stroutin suosikkihahmo Lucy Barton pakenee koronaa ex-miehensä kanssa ja kokee elämänsä suurimman yllätyksen.Kun maailma pandemian alussa pysähtyy, hätääntynyt Lucy Barton jättää New Yorkin ja eristäytyy ex-miehensä Williamin kanssa Maineen, Crosbyn pikkukaupunkiin. Seuraavien hiljaisten, pelontäyteisten kuukausien aikana käy selväksi, että Lucyn loppuelämä tulee olemaan jotakin täysin muuta kuin hän oli kuvitellut. Armottoman realistisesti elämään suhtautuva Elizabeth Strout ei epäröi paiskata lukijoitansa tyrskyävän meren armoille, mutta hänen myötätuntonsa on kuitenkin se, josta löydämme ankkuripaikkamme yhä uudelleen.Elizabeth Strout (s. 1956) on kiitetty ja paljon luettu yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija. Strout voitti vuonna 2009 Pulitzer-palkinnon teoksellaan Olive Kitteridge, josta on tehty Emmy-palkittu tv-sarja. Pienoisromaani Nimeni on Lucy Barton oli monien muiden Stroutin teosten tavoin arvostelu- ja myyntimenestys. Suomessa kirjabloggarit äänestivät sen 2018 parhaaksi käännösromaaniksi. Elizabeth Strout on koulutukseltaan juristi. Hän on Mainesta lähtöisin oleva pikkukaupungin tyttö, joka asuu New Yorkissa.

Koljuchaja, rezkaja, stojkaja k peremenam, bezzhalostno chestnaja i chutkaja, Olivija Kitteridzh - voploschenie zhiznennoj sily. Novyj sbornik rasskazov pro Oliviju pulittserovskogo laureata Elizabet Straut (premija poluchena kak raz za "Oliviju Kitteridzh") - eto nastojaschaja entsiklopedija chuvstv, radostej i bed sovremennogo cheloveka. Olivija pytaetsja ponjat ne tolko sebja, svoi postupki, svoi chuvstva, no i vse, chto proiskhodit vokrug nee, zhizn ljudej, chto popadajutsja ej na puti. Bud to devochka-podrostok, perezhivajuschaja poterju ottsa i osoznajuschaja svoju seksualnost; ili molodaja zhenschina, kotoraja sobralas rozhat v razgar prazdnika; ili nemolodoj muzhchina, kotoryj ne razgovarival s zhenoj tselykh tridtsat let i vdrug uznavshij neverojatnoe o svoej docheri; ili sobstvennyj syn, kotoryj ne ponimaet ee. Olivija, s ee neverojatnym chuvstvom jumora, smeshit, pugaet, trogaet, vdokhnovljaet. V sovremennoj mirovoj literature ne tak mnogo geroev stol jarkikh i stol znachitelnykh.

'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own' Hilary MantelFROM THE BOOKER-SHORTLISTED, PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR 'It is a gift in this life that we do not know what awaits us'In March 2020 Lucy Barton's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea.Rich with empathy and a searing clarity, Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past, as well as the possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this miraculous novel are the deep human connections that sustain us, even as the world seems to be falling apart.'A terrific writer' Zadie Smith'I cannot get Lucy Barton out of my head' The Times'She gets better with each book' Maggie O'FarrellSunday Times bestseller, October 2022Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, 2022Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, 2009Elizabeth Strout's new novel Tell Me Everything is available for pre-order now!