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Susan’s 2024 Year in Books
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Susan Tekulve
Goodreads Author
Born
Cincinnati, Ohio, The United States
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Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, Eudora Welty, Emily Bronte, Andre
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Member Since
May 2012
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In the Garden of Stone
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2013
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Savage Pilgrims
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2009
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2 editions
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Bodies of Light
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Second Shift
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My Mother's War Stories
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2005
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Susan’s Recent Updates
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| This remarkable work of historical fiction retells the true story of Nicola Sacco, an Italian immigrant who was executed in 1027 for crimes many believe he didn't commit. Told through the point of view of his wife, Rosina, it's a cautionary tale abou ...more | |
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| This remarkable work of historical fiction retells the true story of Nicola Sacco, an Italian immigrant who was executed in 1027 for crimes many believe he didn't commit. Told through the point of view of his wife, Rosina, it's a cautionary tale abou ...more | |
"This debut collection of short stories immediately captured me. It is masterfully crafted and rich in details. A quiet, calming sense of characters losing and finding their way. Datta has a marvelous way of pulling the reader into the story. Atmosphe"
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| The stories in Eugene Datta’s remarkable debut collection, The Color of Noon, are visually striking. With a painter’s eye for detail and a poet’s sensibilities, Datta summons all the senses to create the atmosphere in which his characters exist. In ...more | |
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"The Color of Noon is one of those short fiction collections that just takes you right off your feet. Eugene Datta's use of language is a meditative journey that both excites and relaxes the reader and pulls them into the worlds he has constructed. Da"
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| The stories in Eugene Datta’s remarkable debut collection, The Color of Noon, are visually striking. With a painter’s eye for detail and a poet’s sensibilities, Datta summons all the senses to create the atmosphere in which his characters exist. In ...more | |
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"This is my first review on Goodreads, an indication of what a pleasure it was to read these quietly compelling stories, in which a memorable, vividly drawn cast of characters struggle to find their places on the outskirts of Calcutta, Indian culture,"
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| This beautiful and gutsy novel is a story about loss and endurance. It's about people reliant upon land that "has been killed and kills right back." Next to John Steinbeck, I've never read a writer who better understands her characters' struggles for ...more | |
“Sadie heard a flurry of wing snap as yellow, orange, and tiger-striped moths flew into the light. Dean stood haloed by moths that pulsed like slips of paper along his shoulders and arms. He lifted each one on his finger, naming them for her.”
― In the Garden of Stone
― In the Garden of Stone
Topics Mentioning This Author
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“Sadie heard a flurry of wing snap as yellow, orange, and tiger-striped moths flew into the light. Dean stood haloed by moths that pulsed like slips of paper along his shoulders and arms. He lifted each one on his finger, naming them for her.”
― In the Garden of Stone
― In the Garden of Stone
“Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.”
― On Writing
― On Writing
“I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper they were printed on, with their smell and their weight and with their possession in my arms, captured and carried off to myself.”
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“She read Dickens in the same spirit she would have eloped with him.”
― One Writer's Beginnings
― One Writer's Beginnings
