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Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Item specifics
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- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780375708466
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0375708464
ISBN-13
9780375708466
eBay Product ID (ePID)
80495988
Product Key Features
Book Title
Gate at the Stairs
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Contemporary Women, Family Life, Literary, Coming of Age
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Profound. . . . Get ready to expand your sense of what [Moore]-and a novel-can do." -The Washington Post Book World "An indelible portrait of a young woman coming of age in the Midwest in the year after 9/11…. Moore has written her most powerful book yet." -The New York Times "A miracle of lyric force, beautiful and beautifully constructed, with a comic touch that transforms itself to a kind of harrowing precision." -O, The Oprah Magazine "A Gate at the Stairshas the power to make you laugh and cry, sometimes almost simultaneously." -The Miami Herald "Lorrie Moore's writing is everything that life is, funny and heart-breaking-and rich." -The Denver Post "Moore may be, exactly, the most irresistible contemporary AmeriÂcan writer: brainy, humane, unpretentious and warm." -The New York Times Book Review "Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it means to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore." -Harper's Magazine "Moore tells a deeply troubling story about race and class and gender in post-9/11 America. And she does it with characteristic wit and intelligence, without letting a soul off the hook. . . . Dazzling." -The Oregonian "This novel explores, with enormous emotional precision, the limitations and insufficiencies of love, and the loneliness that haunts even the most doting of families. . . . Moore gives us stark, melancholy glimpses into her characters' hearts." -The New York Times "Spectacular. . . .Gateis a gift." -The Philadelphia Inquirer "Moore . . . has created a delightful protagonist and narrator-funny, mouthy, good-hearted and deliciously awkward. . . . What rings true over and over is Tassie's-and of course, Moore's-choice of humor as body armor against terrors both new and old." -The Plain Dealer "Lyrical, funny, disturbing, and at times brilliantly insightful. . . . There's not much . . . predictable about this electric-bass-playing, Sylvia-Plath-spouting, motor-scooter-driving, pun-making college kid. . . . Uncommonly rich in pithy observations, startling realizations and zany nuggets of satire." -The Seattle Times "Beautiful. . . . Wonderfully described and worthy of savoring. . . Bright and lovely." -Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Tassie's awakening is nothing short of brilliant. . . . This is not merely a coming-of-age novel, but a world coming to grips with a new, uneasy existence." -Pittsburgh Tribune-Review "The story's apparent modesty and ambling pace are deceptive, a cover for profound reflections on marriage and parenthood, racism and terrorism, and especially the baffling, hilarious, brutal initiation to adult life. . . . Strange and moving." -The Washington Post Book World "A stunning examination of grief-the learning of it, the insidious ways in which it seeps into everything, eating away at people and relationships, lingering until sometimes forgiveness becomes impossible." -Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel "Moore balances pathos and humor, poetry and puns, often on the seesaw of the same sentence. . . .A Gate at the Stairsis vintage Lorrie Moore." -San Francisco Chro, “Profound. . . . Get ready to expand your sense of what [Moore]-and a novel-can do.â€� - The Washington Post Book World “An indelible portrait of a young woman coming of age in the Midwest in the year after 9/11&. Moore has written her most powerful book yet.â€� - The New York Times “A miracle of lyric force, beautiful and beautifully constructed, with a comic touch that transforms itself to a kind of harrowing precision.â€� - O, The Oprah Magazine “ A Gate at the Stairs has the power to make you laugh and cry, sometimes almost simultaneously.â€� - The Miami Herald “Lorrie Moore’s writing is everything that life is, funny and heart-breaking-and rich.â€� - The Denver Post “Moore may be, exactly, the most irresistible contemporary Ameri can writer: brainy, humane, unpretentious and warm.â€� - The New York Times Book Review “Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it means to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore.â€� - Harper’s Magazine “Moore tells a deeply troubling story about race and class and gender in post-9/11 America. And she does it with characteristic wit and intelligence, without letting a soul off the hook. . . . Dazzling.â€� - The Oregonian “This novel explores, with enormous emotional precision, the limitations and insufficiencies of love, and the loneliness that haunts even the most doting of families. . . . Moore gives us stark, melancholy glimpses into her characters’ hearts.â€� - The New York Times “Spectacular. . . . Gate is a gift.â€� - The Philadelphia Inquirer “Moore . . . has created a delightful protagonist and narrator-funny, mouthy, good-hearted and deliciously awkward. . . . What rings true over and over is Tassie’s-and of course, Moore’s-choice of humor as body armor against terrors both new and old.â€� - The Plain Dealer “Lyrical, funny, disturbing, and at times brilliantly insightful. . . . There’s not much . . . predictable about this electric-bass-playing, Sylvia-Plath-spouting, motor-scooter-driving, pun-making college kid. . . . Uncommonly rich in pithy observations, startling realizations and zany nuggets of satire.â€� - The Seattle Times “Beautiful. . . . Wonderfully described and worthy of savoring. . . Bright and lovely.â€� - Minneapolis Star-Tribune “Tassie’s awakening is nothing short of brilliant. . . . This is not merely a coming-of-age novel, but a world coming to grips with a new, uneasy existence.â€� - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review “The story’s apparent modesty and ambling pace are deceptive, a cover for profound reflections on marriage and parenthood, racism and terrorism, and especially the baffling, hilarious, brutal initiation to adult life. . . . Strange and moving.â€� - The Washington Post Book World “A stunning examination of grief-the learning of it, the insidious ways in which it seeps into everything, eating away at people and relationships, lingering until sometimes forgiveness becomes impossible.â€� - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel “Moore balances pathos and humor, poetry and puns, often on the seesaw of the same sentence. . . . A Gate at the Stairs is vintage Lorrie Moore.â€� - San Francisco Chronicle “Moore’s penet, "The admired fiction writer Lorrie Moore has a unique gift. She can be screamingly funny-and in the very next paragraph, able to convey terrible grief. . . Her language is dazzling." -Deirdre Donahue,USA TODAY "[A GATE AT THE STAIRS] is a gift." -Philadelphia Inquirer ". . . this is the kind of book that sneaks up on you: Moore charms with her humor and knack for the small but telling detail, slowly builds a sense of investment in her frustratingly passive protagonist, then unleashes an unexpected emotional wallop at the end." -Patrick Condon, Associated Press "Moore's penetrating and singular voice as a writer is one I could listen to for years and years." -Maureen Corrigan, NPR'sFresh Air "Moore is such a bright, witty writer. . . A Gate at the Stairsis Moore's first novel in 15 years, which means a whole generation of readers has grown up thinking of her only as one of the country's best short-story writers. Get ready to expand your sense of what she-and a novel-can do. . . what's so endearing is Moore's ability to tempt us with humor into the surreal boundaries of human experience, those strange decisions that make no sense out of context, the things we can't believe anyone would do. The novel's climax takes us right into the disorienting logic of grief for a scene that's both horrifying and tender, a grotesque violation of taboos that's entirely forgivable and heartbreaking." -Ron Charles,The Washington Post "A powerful, compassionate novel, both funny and tragic, and always beautifully told." -Malcolm Jones,Newsweek "Moore may be, exactly, the most irresistible contemporary American writer: brainy, humane, unpretentious and warm; seemingly effortlessly lyrical; Lily-Tomlin-funny. Most of all, Moore is capable of enlisting not just our sympathies but our sorrows. . . This book plumbs deep because it is anchored deep. . . On finishingA Gate at the StairsI turned to the reader nearest to me and made me swear to read it immediately." -Jonathan Lethem,The New York Times Book Review(cover review) "A Gate at the Stairshas the power to make you laugh and cry, sometimes almost simultaneously, and its wonderful, heartbreaking conclusion reminds us that no matter how we suffer, we still can reach a peculiarly human state of grace." -Connie Ogle,Miami Herald "Her most powerful book yet. . . An indelible portrait of a young woman coming of age in the Midwest in the year after 9/11. . . The novel explores, with enormous emotional precision, the limitations and insufficiencies of love, and the loneliness that haunts even the most doting of families. . . Most memorably, in this haunting novel Ms. Moore gives us stark, melancholy glimpses into her characters' hearts, mapping their fears and disappointments, their hidden yearnings and their more evanescent efforts to hold on to their dreams in the face of unfurling misfortune." -Michiko Kakutani,The New York Times "Fifty years from now, it may well turn out that the work of very few American writers has as much to say about what it means to be alive in our time as that of Lorrie Moore." -Jonathan Dee,Harper's Magazine "With dizzying wit and acute intelligence, Lorrie Moore's novelA Gate at the Stairsfeatures a Midwestern coed turned part-time nanny drawn into the full-time drama of a family who all demand babysitting." -Vanity Fair "The ending
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Synopsis
NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From "one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation" ( The New York Times ) comes a piercing novel of race, class, love, and war in America. Twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the daughter of a gentleman farmer, has come to a university town as a student. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny for a mysterious and glamorous family, she finds herself drawn deeper into their world and forever changed. "An indelible portrait of a young woman coming of age in the Midwest in the year after 9/11.... Moore has written her most powerful book yet." -- The New York Times, NATIONAL BESTSELLER * From "one of the most acute and lasting writers of her generation" ( The New York Times ) comes a piercing novel of race, class, love, and war in America. Twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the daughter of a gentleman farmer, has come to a university town as a student. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny for a mysterious and glamorous family, she finds herself drawn deeper into their world and forever changed. "An indelible portrait of a young woman coming of age in the Midwest in the year after 9/11.... Moore has written her most powerful book yet." -- The New York Times, Finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction Chosen as a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review , The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, Kansas City Star, Financial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Real Simple Twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin, the daughter of a gentleman farmer, has come to a university town as a student. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny for a mysterious and glamorous family, she finds herself drawn deeper into their world and forever changed. Told through the eyes of this memorable narrator, A Gate at the Stairs is a piercing novel of race, class, love, and war in America.
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- e***a (72)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchasePerfect, quality seller. The book was packaged with care and in great condition just as described. Would buy from again. Very good experience!Timothy Zahn, Star Wars: Scoundrels, HC, DJ, 2013 (#316131851439)
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