{"product_id":"oh-william-elizabeth-strout-9780241992210","title":"Oh William! (Elizabeth Strout)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE TOP 10 \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning, Booker-longlisted, bestselling author returns to her beloved heroine Lucy Barton in a luminous novel about love, loss, and the family secrets that can erupt and bewilder us at any point in life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Barton is a successful writer living in New York, navigating the second half of her life as a recent widow and parent to two adult daughters. A surprise encounter leads her to reconnect with William, her first husband - and longtime, on-again-off-again friend and confidante. Recalling their college years, the birth of their daughters, the painful dissolution of their marriage, and the lives they built with other people, Strout weaves a portrait, stunning in its subtlety, of a tender, complex, decades-long partnership.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOh William!\u003c\/i\u003e captures the joy and sorrow of watching children grow up and start families of their own; of discovering family secrets, late in life, that alter everything we think we know about those closest to us; and the way people live and love, against all odds. At the heart of this story is the unforgettable, indomitable voice of Lucy Barton, who once again offers a profound, lasting reflection on the mystery of existence.\u003ci\u003e 'This is the way of life,'\u003c\/i\u003e Lucy says. \u003ci\u003e'The many things we do not know until it is too late.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A superbly gifted storyteller and a craftswoman in a league of her own'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eHilary Mantel\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA terrific writer'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eZadie Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She gets better with each book' Maggie O'Farrell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of America's finest writers' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is meticulously observed writing, full of probing psychological insight. Lucy Barton is one of literature's immortal characters-brittle, damaged, unravelling, vulnerable and, most of all, ordinary-like us all' Booker Prize Judges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Strout's new novel \u003ci\u003eTell Me Everything \u003c\/i\u003eis available now!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Strout\u003c\/b\u003e is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eMy Name is Lucy Barton, Anything is Possible, Oh William!, Amy and Isabelle, Abide With Me, The Burgess Boys, Olive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOlive, Again\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been nominated for the PEN\/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize and the Booker Prize. She lives in Maine.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 288 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65802074489181,"sku":"K095538100","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9553810000001A.jpg?v=1788454099","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/oh-william-elizabeth-strout-9780241992210","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}