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Elizabeth Strout

Praise for The Things We Never Say

[Elizabeth Strout’s] 11th novel might well be the first great work of fiction about Trump’s presidency…This is a deeply existential novel, preoccupied with secrecy, loneliness and the limits of understanding. ...

The Times

A moving, tender and wise novel about a committed teacher who is utterly confounded by the emotional complexities of daily life. This might be Elizabeth Strout’s best yet

Clare Chambers

Readers will delight in the discovery of this new fictional world around Artie Dam, and the possibilities that lie ahead...Let’s hope that this fine author continues steadily along her path, delivering unto her loya ...

The Guardian

[Elizabeth Strout’s] 11th novel might well be the first great work of fiction about Trump’s presidency…This is a deeply existential novel, preoccupied with secrecy, loneliness and the limits of understanding. ...

The Times

A moving, tender and wise novel about a committed teacher who is utterly confounded by the emotional complexities of daily life. This might be Elizabeth Strout’s best yet

Clare Chambers

Readers will delight in the discovery of this new fictional world around Artie Dam, and the possibilities that lie ahead...Let’s hope that this fine author continues steadily along her path, delivering unto her loya ...

The Guardian

[Elizabeth Strout’s] 11th novel might well be the first great work of fiction about Trump’s presidency…This is a deeply existential novel, preoccupied with secrecy, loneliness and the limits of understanding. ...

The Times

A moving, tender and wise novel about a committed teacher who is utterly confounded by the emotional complexities of daily life. This might be Elizabeth Strout’s best yet

Clare Chambers

Readers will delight in the discovery of this new fictional world around Artie Dam, and the possibilities that lie ahead...Let’s hope that this fine author continues steadily along her path, delivering unto her loya ...

The Guardian

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Articles featuring Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout on why readers mean more than winning the Booker Prize

Elizabeth Strout on why readers mean more than winning the Booker Prize

The author of Lucy By the Sea, Oh William! and Olive Kitteridge has charmed readers and critics alike by focusing on what other authors overlook: ordinary people.
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