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Helen DeWitt (born 1957) is an American novelist. She is the author of the novels The Last Samurai (2000) and Lightning Rods (2011) and the short story collection Some Trick (2018) and, in collaboration with the Australian journalist Ilya Gridneff, has written Your Name Here . [ 1 ]
The Last Samurai (2000) is the first novel by American writer Helen DeWitt. It follows a single mother and her young son, a child prodigy, who embarks on a quest to find his father. Despite selling well and garnering critical acclaim on publication, it was out of print for almost a decade; when reissued in 2016, it received renewed praise and ...
Author: Helen DeWitt: Language: English: Publisher: New Directions Publishing ... 9780811227827: Some Trick: Thirteen Stories, published in 2018, is a short story ...
On The Omnivore, Lightning Rods received an "omniscore" of 3.5 out of 5 based on an aggregation of three critic reviews from British and American press reviews [2] and out of more publications it reported on reviews with a rating scale for the novel out of 5: The Financial Times and The Telegraph gave it a 5 and Independent and The TLS gave it a 4.5 and Guardian and The New York Times gave it ...
According to Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on twelve critic reviews with twelve being "rave". [5] On Bookmarks January/February 2023 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.00 out of 5) from based on critic reviews with a critical summary saying, "The English Understand Wool is "an essential, invigorating, and wickedly pleasurable ...
Helen DeWitt is best known for her vast, learned and hilarious novel 'The Last Samurai.' Her new novella packs the same punch into 60 delicious pages. Review: The author of a literary classic ...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is a historical drama novel by American novelist Taylor Jenkins Reid, and published by Atria Books in 2017. It tells the story of the fictional Old Hollywood star, Evelyn Hugo, who, at age 79, gives a final interview to unknown journalist, Monique Grant.
Authors Ferrante, Jesmyn Ward, and George Saunders each had three books on the list, the most of any author. The following authors were listed twice: Roberto Bolaño, Edward P. Jones, Denis Johnson, Alice Munro, Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith and Philip Roth. [2]