Author | Elizabeth Strout |
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Language | English |
Series | Olive Kitteridge |
Release number | 1 |
Genre | Short stories |
Set in | Crosby, Maine |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | March 25, 2008 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 288 pages |
ISBN | 978-1-4000-6208-9 |
OCLC | 123767230 |
813/.54 22 | |
LC Class | PS3569.T736 O5 2008 |
Followed by | Olive, Again |
Olive Kitteridge is a 2008 novel or short story cycle by American author Elizabeth Strout.[1][2] Set in Maine in the fictional coastal town of Crosby, it comprises 13 stories that are interrelated but narratively discontinuous and non-chronological.[2] Olive Kitteridge is a main character in some stories and has a lesser or cameo role in others.[2] Six of the stories had been published in periodicals between 1992 and 2007.
The novel won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Critics Circle Award. HBO produced a 2014 four-part miniseries adaptation featuring Frances McDormand in the title role and Richard Jenkins as her character's husband.[3][4][5] The series won eight awards at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards including Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Lead Actor for Jenkins and Outstanding Lead Actress for McDormand.[6] A sequel to the novel, titled Olive, Again, was published on October 15, 2019 by Random House.[7]