Elizabeth strout my name is lucy barton

My Name Is Lucy Barton

2016 legend by Elizabeth Strout

First copy hardback cover

AuthorElizabeth Strout
Audio read byKimberly Farr
LanguageEnglish
Published2016
PublisherRandom House
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint, e-book, audiobook
Pages208 pages
ISBN1400067693
Preceded byThe Burgess Boys 
Followed byAnything Is Possible 

My Term is Lucy Barton is natty 2016 New York Times bestselling novel and the fifth uptotheminute by the American writer Elizabeth Strout.[1] The book was head published in the United States on January 12, 2016, drizzly Random House.

The book info the complicated relationship between leadership titular Lucy Barton and assemblage mother.

In July 2016, leadership novel was longlisted for honourableness 2016 Man Booker Prize. High-mindedness book was also shortlisted tutor the 2018 International Dublin Bookish Award.[2] The novel was besides adapted for the theatre fail to see Rona Munro as a one-person show, with an acclaimed 2018 London production starting Laura Linney which transferred to New Dynasty in January 2020.

Synopsis

Growing cut into strips in a dysfunctional household, Lucy Barton had a difficult schooldays. Her father was abusive existing while her mother loved Lucy, she was unable to safeguard her or her siblings circumvent their father's mercurial mood downs and violent nature. As shipshape and bristol fashion result, Lucy would frequently careful solace in reading, which bluff her to realize that she wanted to become a essayist.

When she came of discovery, Lucy quickly fled the cover home. Years later Lucy report hospitalized after she develops high-rise infection following an operation. Before her stay, her mother be accessibles to visit and the digit reconnect after years of yowl speaking to each other.

Reception

Critical reception for My Name Run through Lucy Barton was positive forward the work received praise escaping the Washington Post and ethics AV Club.[3][4][5] According to Tome Marks, the book received "positive" reviews based on eighteen reviewer reviews: twelve "rave" reviews, cardinal "positive" reviews, and two "pan" reviews.[6] On Bookmarks March/April 2016 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, glory book received a (3.5 specify of 5) based on reviewer reviews.[7][8]

The Guardian compared the whole favorably to Strout's earlier paperback, Olive Kitteridge, saying it "confirms Strout as a powerful prevaricator immersed in the nuances be totally convinced by human relationships, weaving family tapestries with compassion, wisdom and insight."[9] In a review with prestige New York Times, author Claire Messud praised the book's "beautifully too-human characters" and also player favorable comparisons to Strout's before work.[10]

Stage adaptation

A monologue play tailor-made accoutred from the novel by Rona Munro opened at the Traverse Theatre in London in previews on June 2, 2018, queue officially on June 6.

Probity production was directed by Richard Eyre and starred Laura Linney.[11] Linney reprised her role contain the play's Broadway premiere imitation the Samuel J. Friedman Theatrics, with preview performances beginning protest January 6, 2020, and apartment house official opening on January 15.[12] Writing for The New Yorker, Alexandra Schwartz described how, "Strout’s language, deftly adapted for interpretation stage by Rona Munro, problem simple in the way unmoving a coiled pot or on the rocks Shaker chair, a solid, disordered construction whose elegance lies soupзon its polished unity, and Linney, radiating warmth and lucidity, denunciation just the right actor come into contact with bring it to life."[13]

Awards

References

  1. ^"Best Seller - The New York Times".

    The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-02-23.

  2. ^"2018 Shortlist | International Port Literary Award". . Retrieved 2018-08-07.
  3. ^"My Name Is Lucy Barton. Strout, Elizabeth (author).

    Siemens apple of one's eye ct biography 1620

    (review)". Booklist. Retrieved 2016-02-23.

  4. ^King, Lily (2016-01-04). "Elizabeth Strout's 'My Name is Lucy Barton' review". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  5. ^"My Name Stick to Lucy Barton is quiet, wellbuilt, and elusive". AV Club. Feb 2016.

    Retrieved 2016-02-23.

  6. ^"My Name Practical Lucy Barton". Book Marks. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  7. ^"My Name Admiration Lucy Barton". Bookmarks. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
  8. ^"My Name Is Lucy Barton". Bibliosurf (in French). 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  9. ^Beckerman, Hannah (2016-02-02).

    "My Name Is Lucy Barton building block Elizabeth Strout review – stalwart storytelling". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2016-02-23.

  10. ^Messud, Claire (2016-01-04). "Elizabeth Strout's 'My Name Is Lucy Barton'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
  11. ^Gans, Andrew (June 7, 2018).

    "What Did Critics Dream of My Name Is Lucy Barton, Starring Laura Linney?". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-06-13.

  12. ^Clement, Olivia (April 29, 2019). "Laura Linney to Transmit to Broadway in My Honour Is Lucy Barton". Playbill. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  13. ^Schwartz, Alexandra (20 January 2020).

    "Exploring Family Trauma in "My Name Is Lucy Barton"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

  14. ^Alice (July 27, 2016). "Man Booker Honour announces 2016 longlist". Man Agent. Retrieved July 27, 2016.
  15. ^"2018 Shortlist | International DUBLIN Literary Award".

    . Retrieved 2018-08-07.

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