3124618Blue in Chicagohttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/blue-in-chicago-9781529035841/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2301360/0e4dc3a2-3d2f-46f8-9c92-e7e0fdc6718a.jpg?v=638383788559500000226257MXNPan MacmillanInStock/Ebooks/One of the significant writers of her generation. Saul BellowHer prose is cooler than a cocktail and sharper than a Japanese knife . . . Nora Ephron meets Lorrie Moore, which is about as good as it gets. Rachel Cooke, ObserverWe should be glad to have her back . . . Howland has the pinpoint vision that can make any sentence into a jewel. John Self, The TimesBlue in Chicago brings together the bittersweet short stories of the remarkable American writer Bette Howland. Hailed as a major talent before all but disappearing from public view, this tenderly compiled collection restores her vital voice to our shelves.Bette Howland was an outsider: an intellectual from a working-class neighborhood in Chicago; a divorcee and single mother, to the disapproval of her Jewish family; an artist chipped away at by poverty and self-doubt. Her stories radiate a passionate commitment to the lives of ordinary people and the humble grace of everyday.From city streets to the hospital to the public library to the mundane family outing, her sly humour, aching melancholy and tender insight illuminate every page. Here is an astonishing literary voice rediscovered.Blue in Chicago features an afterword by Honor Moore and was published in the US under the title Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage.Beautifully bittersweet . . . funny, ruefully poetic and effortlessly perceptive. Daily MailCaptivating writing: rhythmic, alert, empathetic . . . I havent enjoyed another book more this year. TelegraphProfound . . . To read Bette Howland is to be handed a gift you didnt know you needed. Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch...3060547Blue in Chicago226257https://www.gandhi.com.mx/blue-in-chicago-9781529035841/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2301360/0e4dc3a2-3d2f-46f8-9c92-e7e0fdc6718a.jpg?v=638383788559500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20209781529035841_W3siaWQiOiI0MjFkYTQyYy03YjlmLTRiNDktOGU4Mi0zM2ViMDE0NjliZTAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI2MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjMxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIyOSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMTBUMDU6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781529035841_One of the significant writers of her generation. Saul BellowHer prose is cooler than a cocktail and sharper than a Japanese knife . . . Nora Ephron meets Lorrie Moore, which is about as good as it gets. Rachel Cooke, ObserverWe should be glad to have her back . . . Howland has the pinpoint vision that can make any sentence into a jewel. John Self, The TimesBlue in Chicago brings together the bittersweet short stories of the remarkable American writer Bette Howland. Hailed as a major talent before all but disappearing from public view, this tenderly compiled collection restores her vital voice to our shelves.Bette Howland was an outsider: an intellectual from a working-class neighborhood in Chicago; a divorcee and single mother, to the disapproval of her Jewish family; an artist chipped away at by poverty and self-doubt. Her stories radiate a passionate commitment to the lives of ordinary people and the humble grace of everyday.From city streets to the hospital to the public library to the mundane family outing, her sly humour, aching melancholy and tender insight illuminate every page. Here is an astonishing literary voice rediscovered.Blue in Chicago features an afterword by Honor Moore and was published in the US under the title Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage.Beautifully bittersweet . . . funny, ruefully poetic and effortlessly perceptive. Daily MailCaptivating writing: rhythmic, alert, empathetic . . . I havent enjoyed another book more this year. TelegraphProfound . . . To read Bette Howland is to be handed a gift you didnt know you needed. Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch...9781529035841_Pan Macmillanlibro_electonico_102cc032-7f9b-36db-97f6-8c618db8c7dc_9781529035841;9781529035841_9781529035841Bette HowlandInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillanuk-epub-b704b13d-6adf-40b9-b527-0120095f190e.epub2020-07-09T00:00:00+00:00Pan Macmillan