Lydia Kiesling
Auteur de The Golden State
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: pulled from author's website, lydiakeisling.com
Œuvres de Lydia Kiesling
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Pays (pour la carte)
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Prix et distinctions
- National Book Foundation, 5 Under 35 Honoree (2018)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 278
- Popularité
- #83,543
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 15
- ISBN
- 15
What impressed me about this book was Lydia Kiesling's ability to write about the everyday tasks of our lives with truth, insight and sly humor. She can write about the tedious yet oddly absorbing and sometimes terrifying routine of caring for a young toddler in a way that brings back my memories of those days. She describes the utterly mundane tasks of an average office job, and also the unwarranted importance given to those tasks, and even the guilt when what seems a simple, meaningless decision goes horribly wrong. But that's not all -- Kiesling also writes about some of the most prominent issues facing us today: our problematic immigration system and the threat of right-wing political radicalism. And she also includes the developing friendship between Daphne and older, somewhat cranky Alice, which goes in several unexpected directions, and even Daphne's adjustment to the grief of losing her mother and grandparents and thus her connection to the area. So many threads to Daphne's story, but they are all thoughtfully and intelligently written and make up a book that really does seem like a slice of life and not just a story.… (plus d'informations)