Where Somebody Waits
Autor Margaret Kaufmanen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 oct 2013
"In the madcap, outspoken, yet hauntingly vulnerable Ruby, Kaufman has created an indelible character, one whose full life arc is succinctly yet voluptuously rendered through the incandescent vignettes of Kaufman’s masterful first novel-in-stories."—Booklist
Named a "Great Group Read" by the Women’s National Book Association
Where Somebody Waits instantly transports you to small-town Arkansas more than a half-century ago—a world of catfish and bourbon-and-Coke; of tent revival meetings and less boisterous discussions about heaven and hell; of finding love or just dreaming about it. A neighborly community, but with its share of intrigues.
And instantly you’re under the spell of Ruby Davidson, the magnetic central character of Where Somebody Waits. Self-assured, kind, always willing to take a stand for people less fortunate, at "five foot ten inches, with masses of red hair and a pompadour that increases her stature to six feet," she's also strikingly beautiful. Ruby loves her husband, adores her nephews and nieces, and more or less dutifully respects the tightly knit Jewish family into which she has married. Her life is filled with triumphs and failings, joy and sadness, lived with all possible grace, and told in a spirit of admirable and honest reflection.
A full life, yes, but not an untroubled one, because Ruby also still loves her high-school sweetheart. How she comes to terms with this old, old conundrum and how it affects the lives of everyone around her shape the heart of Where Somebody Waits.
"'Vinegar, cornbread and butter,' a character reminisces in Where Somebody Waits. 'The music of it.' Margaret Kaufman has captured those flavors and textures in a novel that may look like a miniature but is actually a chorus of voices that opens up a world rich with color and feeling. Her ear is wonderfully tuned to the undercurrents and ironies, the passions and dailyness of small-town life across time and change, and at the center, her salty, peppery Ruby is as strong as she is alluring—faithful and faithless and full of surprises."—Rosellen Brown
"Kaufman is an inimitable voice. You will be both soothed and transported by her delightful stories."—Paula Marantz Cohen
"A gifted, lyrical storyteller…she defines what it means not only to reflect on the breadth of one's experience with truth and grace but also to embrace the small, pivotal moments that, if attended to, have the power to transform us."—Francine Sterle
Margaret Kaufman has written five books of poetry. A resident of Kentfield, California, she leads poetry workshops, teaches at the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco, and edits both fiction and poetry. Where Somebody Waits is Kaufman’s first book of fiction.
Named a "Great Group Read" by the Women’s National Book Association
Where Somebody Waits instantly transports you to small-town Arkansas more than a half-century ago—a world of catfish and bourbon-and-Coke; of tent revival meetings and less boisterous discussions about heaven and hell; of finding love or just dreaming about it. A neighborly community, but with its share of intrigues.
And instantly you’re under the spell of Ruby Davidson, the magnetic central character of Where Somebody Waits. Self-assured, kind, always willing to take a stand for people less fortunate, at "five foot ten inches, with masses of red hair and a pompadour that increases her stature to six feet," she's also strikingly beautiful. Ruby loves her husband, adores her nephews and nieces, and more or less dutifully respects the tightly knit Jewish family into which she has married. Her life is filled with triumphs and failings, joy and sadness, lived with all possible grace, and told in a spirit of admirable and honest reflection.
A full life, yes, but not an untroubled one, because Ruby also still loves her high-school sweetheart. How she comes to terms with this old, old conundrum and how it affects the lives of everyone around her shape the heart of Where Somebody Waits.
"'Vinegar, cornbread and butter,' a character reminisces in Where Somebody Waits. 'The music of it.' Margaret Kaufman has captured those flavors and textures in a novel that may look like a miniature but is actually a chorus of voices that opens up a world rich with color and feeling. Her ear is wonderfully tuned to the undercurrents and ironies, the passions and dailyness of small-town life across time and change, and at the center, her salty, peppery Ruby is as strong as she is alluring—faithful and faithless and full of surprises."—Rosellen Brown
"Kaufman is an inimitable voice. You will be both soothed and transported by her delightful stories."—Paula Marantz Cohen
"A gifted, lyrical storyteller…she defines what it means not only to reflect on the breadth of one's experience with truth and grace but also to embrace the small, pivotal moments that, if attended to, have the power to transform us."—Francine Sterle
Margaret Kaufman has written five books of poetry. A resident of Kentfield, California, she leads poetry workshops, teaches at the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco, and edits both fiction and poetry. Where Somebody Waits is Kaufman’s first book of fiction.
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ISBN-13: 9781589880894
ISBN-10: 1589880897
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: PAUL DRY BOOKS
Colecția Paul Dry Books
ISBN-10: 1589880897
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 127 x 203 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: PAUL DRY BOOKS
Colecția Paul Dry Books
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Praise for Margaret Kaufman and Where Somebody Waits
Named a "Great Group Read" by the Women’s National Book Association
"In the madcap, outspoken, yet hauntingly vulnerable Ruby, Kaufman has created an indelible character, one whose full life arc is succinctly yet voluptuously rendered through the incandescent vignettes of Kaufman’s masterful first novel-in-stories."—Booklist
"'Vinegar, cornbread and butter,' a character reminisces in Where Somebody Waits. 'The music of it.' Margaret Kaufman has captured those flavors and textures in a novel that may look like a miniature but is actually a chorus of voices that opens up a world rich with color and feeling. Her ear is wonderfully tuned to the undercurrents and ironies, the passions and dailyness of small-town life across time and change, and at the center, her salty, peppery Ruby is as strong as she is alluring—faithful and faithless and full of surprises."—Rosellen Brown
"Margaret Kaufman’s Where Somebody Waits is a work of quiet humanity. The central figure, Ruby, marries into a Jewish Arkansas family, and we move with her and a network of her relations across a period of some sixty years, from World War II through to the near-present. Ruby’s character is a life-force with an innate sense of social justice and an unusual ability to love. A great deal is covered in Where Somebody Waits, but without padding or digression. Think a less melancholic Barbara Pym transported to the American South, or a Willa Cather shorn of her frontier and her emotional aloofness. But, then—don’t. Kaufman is an inimitable voice. You will be both soothed and transported by her delightful stories."—Paula Marantz Cohen
"Her attention to the nuances of the natural world and to the quiet oscillations in the lives of her speakers is both exemplary and heartbreaking. Her exquisite sense of measure and restraint make her reckonings of the complex junctures of our lives all the more compelling and powerful as she quilts together her many fabrics of human celebration."—David St. John
"A gifted, lyrical storyteller…she defines what it means not only to reflect on the breadth of one's experience with truth and grace but also to embrace the small, pivotal moments that, if attended to, have the power to transform us."—Francine Sterle
Named a "Great Group Read" by the Women’s National Book Association
"In the madcap, outspoken, yet hauntingly vulnerable Ruby, Kaufman has created an indelible character, one whose full life arc is succinctly yet voluptuously rendered through the incandescent vignettes of Kaufman’s masterful first novel-in-stories."—Booklist
"'Vinegar, cornbread and butter,' a character reminisces in Where Somebody Waits. 'The music of it.' Margaret Kaufman has captured those flavors and textures in a novel that may look like a miniature but is actually a chorus of voices that opens up a world rich with color and feeling. Her ear is wonderfully tuned to the undercurrents and ironies, the passions and dailyness of small-town life across time and change, and at the center, her salty, peppery Ruby is as strong as she is alluring—faithful and faithless and full of surprises."—Rosellen Brown
"Margaret Kaufman’s Where Somebody Waits is a work of quiet humanity. The central figure, Ruby, marries into a Jewish Arkansas family, and we move with her and a network of her relations across a period of some sixty years, from World War II through to the near-present. Ruby’s character is a life-force with an innate sense of social justice and an unusual ability to love. A great deal is covered in Where Somebody Waits, but without padding or digression. Think a less melancholic Barbara Pym transported to the American South, or a Willa Cather shorn of her frontier and her emotional aloofness. But, then—don’t. Kaufman is an inimitable voice. You will be both soothed and transported by her delightful stories."—Paula Marantz Cohen
"Her attention to the nuances of the natural world and to the quiet oscillations in the lives of her speakers is both exemplary and heartbreaking. Her exquisite sense of measure and restraint make her reckonings of the complex junctures of our lives all the more compelling and powerful as she quilts together her many fabrics of human celebration."—David St. John
"A gifted, lyrical storyteller…she defines what it means not only to reflect on the breadth of one's experience with truth and grace but also to embrace the small, pivotal moments that, if attended to, have the power to transform us."—Francine Sterle
Notă biografică
Margaret Kaufman, poet and fiction writer, is the author of five books of poetry, including letterpress limited editions published by the Gefn Press (London), The Janus Press (Vermont), and Protean Press (San Francisco). Her first full-length collection, Snake at the Wrist, was published by Sixteen Rivers Press in 2002. A resident of Kentfield, California, Kaufman leads poetry workshops, teaches at the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco, and edits both fiction and poetry. Where Somebody Waits is her first book of fiction.
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Named a "Great Group Read" by the Women's National Book Association