I don't know whether to like this book or hate it. I guess I feel both ways about it. Perhaps the most uncomfortable aspect of this title is that it so claustrophobic and unbelievable, even for me when I am normally very adept at suspending disbelief. The ending felt terribly artificial as well, ...
There’s an intimate feel to these essays, almost as if one wore settling in for a long chat ranging across many topics — from experience and advice on writing and writing programs, training for the LAPD, and the joys of opera, to how her bad relationships led to a good one in the end. These were ...
When I found this short memoir by Ann Patchett, author of ‘State of Wonder’ and ‘The Patron Saint of Liars’on iBooks, of course I had to download it. It's an entertaining and educational description of Patchett's personal path to becoming a famed writer. She prompts us to put in the time because ...
This is a beautiful memoir of a friendship between two writers, Ann Patchett and the poet Lucy Grealy. I read this back in 2006, and it's still one of my favorite books about the nature of friendship and the bonds that we form with others.Ann met Lucy in college, and later they both attended the ...
Sinopsis pada sampul belakang buku hijau berjudul asli Bel Canto ini begitu mengundang saya mengambilnya dari bak buku obralan di TM Bookstore Detos pada akhir tahun lalu. Sinopsis itu, bagian pertamanya saya ceritakan kembali seperti ini:Pada suatu pesta makan malam para diplomat dan usahawan di...
Ann Patchett’s debut novel, The Patron Saint of Liars, is a beautifully written story about people, secrets, and lies. The book’s title intrigued me; “Patron Saint of Liars” – a conflict between virtue and dishonesty. Patchett’s writing is quiet and compelling as she shares the story of Rose Clin...
This is my second Patchett novel, and I liked it even less than the previous one I read ( State of Wonder).First, I totally misunderstood the premise of this novel. I thought our heroine Sabine's lovely hottie magician husband dies, and then she discovers he was secretly gay, and then discovers ...
tI am continuing to read Ann Patchett on the strength of her radio interviews and the beautiful things that she says about the writing process and the writer’s life. Her first novel The Patron Saint of Liars did not blow me away—she had a good story, some lovely themes, and a nifty idea for persp...
My eldest and I had agreed to read some real books this summer—something pother than bodice rippers for her, something other than detective mysteries for me. But we didn’t. We were also going to reread some books of old, such as A Tale of Two Cities. But we didn’t. I dutifully downloaded it t...
She was standing in front of Saint Elizabeth's reading the sign, so I knew what that meant. When I was a kid I used to run out as soon as I saw somebody at the sign but my mother told me to leave them alone, let them come in on their own time. When I passed this girl she sort of looked up a littl...
Franny said. “I didn’t name Albie,” her father said, the two of them following the nurse down a long, bright hall. “If I’d named Albie I wouldn’t have given him such a stupid name. You could trace a lot of that kid’s problems back to his name.” Franny thought of her stepbrother. “There was probab...
It was an accepted fact in my family by the time I had entered the first grade, which makes no sense, as I was late to either read or write. In fact, I was a terrible student when I was young. I’ve always believed the reason I was passed from grade to grade was that I could put together...
@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } A n n P a t c h e t t W h a t n o w ? D e s i g n e d b y C h i p K i d d Contents Begin Reading 1 Postscript 84 Photo Credits 100 About the Author Other Books by Ann Patchett Credits Cover Copyright About the Pu...