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Reviews:
"Two
things are certain in Elizabeth Gilberts first collection,
Pilgrims: her characters possess minds of their own, and they
can talk. Oh, can they talk."
a Ploughshares review by Don Lee Winner
of the
Ninth Annual Ploughshares Zacharis Award.
"[Gilbert] has all the hallmarks of
a great writer: sympathy, wit, and an amazing ear for
dialogue."
Harper's Bazaar
"Gilbert is keen on seeing as many
of her characters achieve redemption as possible in the most
creative ways possible . . . She achieves the enviable feat of
telling her characters' stories in their own words, on their own
terms, without pomp or superciliousness."
New York Times Book
Review
"A young writer of incandescent talent."
Annie Proulx
"Gilbert has taken her
experiences as a journalist, her encounters with people of every
past and place, and infused them with the light and longevity of
her own imagination."
Chicago Tribune
"An imaginative range, assured comic
touch, and dead-on dialogue that's truly exceptional."
Philadelphia Inquirer
"Bone-dry wit and talent for summing
up a character with a quick phrase . . . One is left marveling
at Gilbert's fertile imagination and sharp style."
Swing
"Hopeful, deluded, intoxicated,
amazed, Gilbert's characters shoot across the sky, and she
catches them like a skilled photographer just as they pop,
before they crash, drown, or grow dull and fade away."
Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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