Stephanie Powell Watts
Auteur van No One Is Coming to Save Us
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Fotografie: Author Stephanie Powell Watts at the 2017 Texas Book Festival. By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63927431
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Watts, Stephanie Powell
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Land (voor op de kaart)
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Lenoir, North Carolina, USA
- Opleiding
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of Missouri (PhD) - Beroepen
- Food service worker
Factory worker
Jehovah's Witness minister
Professor
Author - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Pushcart Prize, 2007
Ernest J. Gaines Award, 2012
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- 2
- Ook door
- 4
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- 464
- Populariteit
- #53,001
- Waardering
- 3.7
- Besprekingen
- 19
- ISBNs
- 21
Whereas the earlier novel addresses the American dream of a small, insular world, Watts expands the dream to those who come from less privileged circumstances who still dare to want to improve their lot. The realism saves the characters from being brittle when their bright shining light in the distance turns out to be tarnished or unobtainable.
Watts weaves characters who don't have the luxury of letting handlers clean up their messes. And yet the strength displayed in living with the consequences of their messes make each sympathetic. Perhaps what made the book most successful is the author's ability to look into the past at the same time the action is moving forward. Watts does not lay out the tragedies that haunt Sylvia, Ava, JJ, or Henry at the beginning - only showing that they are affected by those tragedies. When the events are finally revealed the result is a deepening of sympathy and hard-earned wisdom for the characters.
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