Rhoda Lerman (1936–2015)
Auteur van The Book of the Night
Over de Auteur
Rhoda Lerman was born Rhoda Carol Sniderman in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on January 18, 1936. She graduated from the University of Miami. She taught creative writing at several colleges and universities including the University of Colorado and Syracuse University. Her first novel, Call Me toon meer Ishtar, was published in 1973. Her other works included The Girl That He Marries, Eleanor, The Book of the Night, Animal Acts, and God's Ear. She adapted her novel about Eleanor Roosevelt into a one-woman stage play. She was also a breeder of Newfoundlands and wrote a nonfiction book that explored the relationship between humans and dogs entitled Elsa Was Born a Dog, I Was Born a Human ...Things Have Changed. She died from complications of thyroid cancer on August 30, 2015 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: New York Times.
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- Gangbare naam
- Lerman, Rhoda
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Sniderman, Rhoda
Lerman, R. - Geboortedatum
- 1936-01-18
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2015-08-30
- Graflocatie
- Adath Yeshurun Cemetery, Syracuse, New York
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Far Rockaway, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Port Crane, New York
- Woonplaatsen
- Kodiak, Alaska, USA
- Opleiding
- University of Miami
- Beroepen
- novelist
playwright
dog breeder - Organisaties
- University of Colorado
Syracuse University
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- 9
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- 1
- Leden
- 218
- Populariteit
- #102,474
- Waardering
- 3.4
- Besprekingen
- 4
- ISBNs
- 27
- Talen
- 1
A very young girl, Celeste, is brought there by her father, who she describes as very wise though also a madman, and who teaches her about alphabets, about myths, about evolution and thermodynamics, and who lets the monks on the island believe she is a boy while she grows toward womanhood and beyond. There is Celeste, the father, two other women, monks, village people, gods, sheep, birds, and a white cow.
Celeste tells most of the story, mostly in the present tense, but there is a scribe named Generous, who in shorter passages chronicles other happenings.
The abby is of the old native religion, which is struggling not to be replaced by the new faith from Rome.
The story is detailed, slow, restricted by place but expanded by thought, and I grew from wondering if it was worth my time reading, to becoming committed and fascinated at thirty or forty pages into this unbelievable book.
There are so many characters, and so many plots, that actors and actions sometimes blur together and make no sense until they reappear later. Google is very helpful.
Celeste is on a quest, and her story builds as she grows and succeeds and fails and moves us toward the conclusion of this strange, wonderful book.… (meer)