Charles Baxter
Auteur de Festin d'amour
A propos de l'auteur
Charles Baxter is the author of novels and short story collections. His novels include The Feast of Love, The Soul Thief, Saul and Patsy, Shadow Play, and First Light. His short story collections include Gryphon, Believers, A Relative Stranger, Through the Safety Net, Harmony of the World, and afficher plus There's Something I Want You to Do. He teaches at the University of Minnesota and in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. (Bowker Author Biography) Charles Baxter is author of several novels, including "The Feast of Love", "Shadow Play", & "First Light", & collections of stories including "Believers" & "A Relative Stranger". He teaches writing at the University of Michigan. (Publisher Provided) He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is the recipient of a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Foundation Award for Writers & an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. (Publisher Provided) afficher moins
Œuvres de Charles Baxter
Fenstad's Mother 1 exemplaire
Gryphon [short story] 1 exemplaire
The Chanter 1 exemplaire
Indiana Review (Vol. 12, #1) Winter 1988 1 exemplaire
Feast of Love: A Novel, The 1 exemplaire
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- Nom légal
- Baxter, Charles Morley
- Date de naissance
- 1947-05-13
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Études
- Macalester College (BA|1969)
State University of New York, Buffalo (PhD|English|1974) - Professions
- university professor
poet
author of fiction and non-fiction - Organisations
- Wayne State University
Warren Wilson College
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota - Prix et distinctions
- Faculty Recognition Award, Wayne State University, 1985, 1987
Lawrence Foundation Award, 1991
Michigan Author of the Year Award, Michigan Foundation, 1994
Harvard Review Award and O. Henry Prize, both 1995
Award in Literature, American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1997
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 34
- Aussi par
- 31
- Membres
- 5,101
- Popularité
- #4,902
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 117
- ISBN
- 112
- Langues
- 8
- Favoris
- 15
I was vaguely annoyed with this book from early on. I wanted to like Wyatt, but never really connected with him. And then something about the whole falling in love in college bit rubbed me wrong. But where this book really fell off the rails for me was the scene with the illicit dumping grounds. Such a huge violation of my sense of justice and the environment and I GET IT, YOU HAVE BIG FEELINGS ABOUT YOUR COUSIN, BUT YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY HERE THAT IS BIGGER THAN THAT AND JUST... NOTHING... COMES FROM THAT? IT ONLY EXISTS TO FORESHADOW WORSE VIOLATIONS TO COME?!
I should have known full well then that this book was just Not For Me, but I forced myself to finish it for the reading challenge when I should have let this go. So now you have to hear me whine about it.
I did not care for this.… (plus d'informations)