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Named a must-read by the""Chicago Tribune"," "" O "Magazine," ""BuzzFeed"," ""The Huffington Post"," ""Minneapolis Star-Tribune"," and""The L Magazine" "Rebecca Makkai s first two novels, "The Borrower" and "The Hundred-Year House," have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now, the award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of "The Best American Short Stories, " returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart. A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father s past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction. These transporting, deeply moving stories some inspired by her own family history amply demonstrate Makkai s extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form. Richly imagined. "Chicago Tribune" Impressive. "O, "The Oprah" "Magazine Engrossing. "Minneapolis Star-Tribune" Inventive. "W "Magazine "From the Hardcover edition.""
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Editorial: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143109235
Idioma: Inglés
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 01/06/2016
Año de edición: 2016
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Escrito por Rebecca Makkai
Rebecca Makkai (Chicago, 1978) és escriptora, professora del Sierra Nevada College i de la Universitat de Northwestern, i directora artística del centre per a escriptors StoryStudio Chicago. És autora de les novel·les The borrower (2011) i The hundred-year house (2014). Els grans optimistes va ser finalista del Premi Pulitzer 2019 i del National Book Award 2018 i va rebre diversos guardons internacionals. També se n’han adquirit els drets per fer-ne una pel·lícula. A Catalunya, l’obra va guanyar el Premi Llibreter d’Altres Llengües el 2021. Vull fer-te algunes preguntes és la seva segona novel·la traduïda al català.