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"Tell Me a Riddle": Tillie Olsen

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4.1 out of 5
Based on 98 Ratings and 13 Reviews

Book Description
"Tell Me a Riddle" renders an unforgettable portrait of a working class couple when the gender determined differences in their experiences of poverty and familial life give rise to bitter conflict after almost four decades of marriage. As she dies from cancer, Eva, the protagonist, recollects a revolutionary past that both critiques and offers hope for the present. Deborah Rosenfelt's introducti... More
Book Information
PublisherRutgers University Press
BindingHardcover (41 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages200
ISBN-10081352136X
ISBN-13978-0813521367
Publication Date05/01/1995
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About Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt (Editor) : Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt is a published editor. Published credits of Deborah Silverton Rosenfelt include "Tell Me a Riddle" (Women Writers : Texts and Contexts), Tell Me a Riddle (Women Writers : T... more
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About Tillie Olsen (Editor) : Tillie Olsen is a published author and an editor of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Tillie Olsen include Tell Me a Riddle.
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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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