Tillie Olsen
Nació 14 January 1912 · Murió 1 January 2007
De Omaha, Nebraska, United States · Nacionalidad: United States
Citas
“I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron.”
first line of the short story "I Stand Here Ironing" 1956 , also included in TeEn inglés “The whistles always woke Mazie. They pierced into her sleep like some guttural-voiced metal beast, tearing at her; breathing a terror.”
Yonnondio: From the ThirtiesEn inglés “The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.”
"I Stand Here Ironing" 1956 , also included in Tell Me a Riddle, Requa I and OtEn inglés “It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.”
"Tell Me a Riddle" 1960En inglés “Public libraries were my sustenance and my college.”
in articleEn inglés
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Los libros de Tillie Olsen en orden
Los libros de Tillie Olsen en el orden en que se publicaron, de Tell Me a Riddle (1961) a The Riddle of Life and Death (2007).
- 1Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle1961 - 2Yonnondio
Yonnondio1974 - 3Silences
Silences1978 - 4Mother to Daughter, Daughter to Mother, Mothers on Mothering
Mother to Daughter, Daughter to Mother, Mothers on Mothering1984 - 5Mothers & Daughters
Mothers & Daughters1987 - 6The American Audio Prose Library Presents an Interview with The American Audio Prose Library Presents an Interview with Tillie Olsen1987
- 7The Riddle of Life and Death
The Riddle of Life and Death2007