{"product_id":"9781844085637-tell-me-a-riddle-yonnondio","title":"Tell Me A Riddle And Yonnondio","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo classics of American literature from one of the twentieth century's most gifted writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY'S MOST GIFTED AMERICAN WRITERS \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Tillie Olsen's is a unique voice. Few writers have gained such . reverence' MARGARET ATWOOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Almost unbearable in its harsh poetry and bitter fidelity to lives that are now forgotten' ALICE WALKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There's no diminishing its fierce bloody-and-literal-mindedness' \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS REVIEWS  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTillie Olsen carved a permanent place in American literature on the strength of a single book, \u003ci\u003eTell Me a Riddle\u003c\/i\u003e in 1962. This collection was widely hailed as a work of genius, in which the voices of ordinary Americans, black and white, male and female, were given their own rhythms and forms of expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYonnondio\u003c\/i\u003e, Olsen's only novel, was begun during the depression and completed in 1974. It tells the story of the Hollbrooks, an itinerant working-class family in America during the thirties. Brutalised by poverty, they struggle to find a space to breathe, to dream and to create a bettter life for their children. Told in compelling, haunting prose, it is a profound and timeless story of the human will to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41050592215137,"sku":"9781844085637","price":13.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_11085670_1_jpg.jpg?v=1711443811","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781844085637-tell-me-a-riddle-yonnondio","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}