{"product_id":"tell-me-a-riddle-and-yonnondio-9781844085637","title":"Tell Me A Riddle And Yonnondio","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S MOST GIFTED AMERICAN WRITERS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such . . . reverence' MARGARET ATWOOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten' ALICE WALKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness' \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTillie Olsen carved a permanent place in American literature on the strength of a single book, \u003ci\u003eTell Me a Riddle\u003c\/i\u003e in 1962. This collection was widely hailed as a work of genius, in which the voices of ordinary Americans, black and white, male and female, were given their own rhythms and forms of expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYonnondio\u003c\/i\u003e, Olsen's only novel, was begun during the depression and completed in 1974. It tells the story of the Hollbrooks, an itinerant working-class family in America during the thirties. Brutalised by poverty, they struggle to find a space to breathe, to dream and to create a bettter life for their children. Told in compelling, haunting prose, it is a profound and timeless story of the human will to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeminist author famous for helping aspiring women writers to find a voice * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAlmost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten, or never known -- Alice Walker\u003cbr\u003eTillie Olsen's is a \u003cb\u003eunique voice\u003c\/b\u003e. Few writers have gained such . . . reverence -- Margaret Atwood\u003cbr\u003eCharged with \u003cb\u003eemotional detail \u003c\/b\u003eand delivered with an attention to the rhythms of consciousness \u003cb\u003emore rigorous and powerful \u003c\/b\u003ethan most of what is called realism * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eThere's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003eAlmost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten, or never known * ALICE WALKER *\u003cbr\u003eTillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such ... reverence * MARGARET ATWOOD *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470228230487,"sku":"9781844085637","price":22.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781844085637.jpg?v=1744897738","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tell-me-a-riddle-and-yonnondio-9781844085637","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}