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Wally Lamb

Autor(a) de She's Come Undone

13+ Works 29,747 Membros 757 Críticas 134 Favorited

About the Author

Walter (Wally) Lamb was born in Norwich, Connecticut on October 17, 1950. He attended the University of Connecticut, receiving a B.A. in 1972 and an M.A. in 1977; he also earned an M.F.A. from Vermont College in 1984. Lamb has written numerous short stories, most notably "Astronauts", which mostrar mais received both the Pushcart Prize and the University of Missouri's William Peden Prize in 1990. He is also the author of the bestselling novels She's Come Undone, I Know This Much Is True, The Hour I First Believed and We Are Water. Lamb writes stories, he says, because he sometimes hears another voice in his head and feels the need to tell that character's story. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title We are Water. However, he feels an equally strong calling to teach, and has no plans to become a fulltime writer. He has taught English at the Norwich Free Academy since 1972, and for many years directed the Academy's writing center, which he also played a major role in creating. The idea for it developed as he became more involved in fiction writing himself and realized that the common methods of teaching composition, which involved grading a paper and commenting on it after the student was finished, were not particularly helpful. He set up a program that allowed students to get feedback from both teachers and peers early in the writing process, so that they could incorporate the suggestions into their final work. He currently teaches creative writing at the University of Connecticut. He is also the volunteer facilitator of a writing workshop at the York Correctional Institution. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1950-10-17
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Locais de residência
Mansfield, Connecticut, USA
Educação
University of Connecticut (BA|Education)
University of Connecticut (MA|Education)
Vermont College (MFA|Writing)
Ocupações
director (Writing Center at the Norwich Free Academy)
Associate Professor (Creative Writing|University of Connecticut)
Author
Prémios e menções honrosas
Governor’s Arts Award, Connecticut (1998)
NEA grant for fiction
Missouri Review William Peden fiction prize

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Wally Lamb lives in Connecticut with his wife and three sons.

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Twin Brothers, one in mental hospital em Name that Book (Setembro 2012)

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Picked this up, randomly, in a trade. Genuinely one of the worst things I've ever read. Bad to the point of offensiveness, in addition to being actually offensive.
 
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maddietherobot | 206 outras críticas | Oct 21, 2023 |
Story of Domonick and his troubled identical twin brother, who protests at the first Gulf War by cutting off his hand.[return][return]This leads Domonick to assess how his life has gone, and confront some long buried issues. [return][return]900 pages long, this is a biggie, have to admit to skimming chunks of it because I got a little bored, but generally worth while
 
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nordie | 167 outras críticas | Oct 14, 2023 |
Story of Domonick and his troubled identical twin brother, who protests at the first Gulf War by cutting off his hand.[return][return]This leads Domonick to assess how his life has gone, and confront some long buried issues. [return][return]900 pages long, this is a biggie, have to admit to skimming chunks of it because I got a little bored, but generally worth while
 
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nordie | 167 outras críticas | Oct 14, 2023 |
One of the best books I've ever read. Although it's long in length I think I read it in two or three days, I couldn't put it down. As soon as I was done I gave it to my Gran to read, she also loved it. Everyone should read this book!!!
 
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Danielle.Desrochers | 167 outras críticas | Oct 10, 2023 |

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Obras
13
Also by
3
Membros
29,747
Popularidade
#676
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
757
ISBN
220
Línguas
14
Marcado como favorito
134
Pedras de toque
577

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