Mermer Blakeslee
Auteur de In Dark Water
A propos de l'auteur
Mermer Blakeslee is a poet and the author of the acclaimed novels Same Blood and In Dark Water. In addition, as an examiner and former member of the elite National Demonstration Team of Professional Ski Instructors of America, she trains instructors throughout the country. She also teaches fiction afficher plus writing, lectures, and leads fear workshops that address surrender, innovation, and learning. She lives in the Catskill Mountains in upstate New York afficher moins
Crédit image: Photo by Rose Mackiewicz
Œuvres de Mermer Blakeslee
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 58
- Popularité
- #284,346
- Évaluation
- 3.4
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 10
- Langues
- 1
Blakeslee has a great ear for the speech patterns of the people of rural New York, and her depiction of the child at the center of the story seems pitch perfect to me. Simple without being simplistic, direct but not shallow. She also has a great sense of place. I really enjoy stories like this one which are grounded in a landscape that feels real, with buildings and trees and animals that are of a particular climate and way of life.
Sorry I left this on the shelf so long. Sometimes literary fiction puts me off and I need to get past it.
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