Pamela Erens
Auteur van The Virgins
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Fotografie: Author Pamela Erens at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52968345
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- Geboortedatum
- 20th century
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Maplewood, New Jersey, USA - Opleiding
- Yale University
- Beroepen
- novelist
editor, Glamour magazine - Relaties
- Jonnathan Ratner (husband), Abraham Erens Ratner (son), Hanna Erens Ratner (Daughter)
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- Werken
- 7
- Leden
- 354
- Populariteit
- #67,648
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 22
- ISBNs
- 26
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- 1
So far, so ordinary.
What makes this novel worth reading is the way in which Pamela Erens combines (hyper)realism with a poetic language which bathes the most mundane of details in a warm glow, gradually fuelling the narrative's intensity. "The Virgins" reminded me of Eugenides's "The Virgin Suicides" but, without the latter's quasi-surreal touches, it is much more believable. This novel is a lyrical meditation on loss - not just of virginity, but of childhood, innocence, friends, family ties and, ultimately, life itself.… (meer)