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Author | Alice McDermott |
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Language | English |
Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | September 10, 2013 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 240 |
ISBN | 978-0-374-28109-0 |
Someone: A Novel, is the seventh book of fiction by American author Alice McDermott. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2013, it was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Critical reception
- Kirkus Reviews gave it a starred review, summarizing that there's "no high drama here, but Marie and Gabe are compelling in their basic goodness."
- Writing in The New York Times, Janet Maslin praised the novel, stating Someone is a "wonderfully modest title for such a fine-tuned, beautiful book filled with so much universal experience, such haunting imagery, such urgent matters of life and death." Maslin later named Someone to her best of 2013 books list.
- Publishers Weekly gave Someone a starred review, calling it a "deceptively simple tour de force."
- The Los Angeles Times claimed, "Just as McDermott manages to write lyrically in plain language, she is able to find the drama in uninflected experience."
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Result | Ref. |
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2013 | National Book Award | Fiction | Longlisted | |
National Book Critics Circle Award | Fiction | Shortlisted | ||
2014 | Dayton Literary Peace Prize | Fiction | Shortlisted | |
Maine Readers' Choice Award | — | Longlisted | ||
Paterson Fiction Prize | Fiction | Shortlisted | ||
2015 | International Dublin Literary Award | — | Shortlisted |
References
- "Someone". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- Maslin, Janet (October 7, 2013). "Survivor Among a Lifetime of Ghosts". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- Maslin, Janet (December 19, 2013). "Janet Maslin's 10 Favorite Books of 2013". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- "Someone". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- McNulty, Charles (September 13, 2013). "Alice McDermott's snapshots of a woman in 'Someone'". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 1, 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- "National Book Awards 2013". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- Florez, Paul. "NBCC Fiction Finalist Alice McDermott in Conversation with Paul Florez". www.bookcritics.org. National Book Critics Circle. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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