Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313362947
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Book Synopsis Reading Nora Roberts by : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Download or read book Reading Nora Roberts written by Mary Ellen Snodgrass and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an overview of the contributions of author Nora Roberts to the popular literary market. Nora Roberts's captivating biography and extensive canon are explored in this comprehensive reader's guide, including coverage on her early works, critical successes, trilogies and quartets, short stories and novellas, futuristic mysteries written as J.D. Robb, and titles under other pseudonyms. Reading Nora Roberts shows how this remarkable author expands the limits of the genres in which she writes, exploring feminist ideas, Celtic and Western settings, psychological and religious themes, and Gothic and supernatural elements. The book also highlights Roberts's willingness to have her characters face serious real-world issues, including sexism and racism, gun violence, abortion, suicide, corporate greed, and career burnout.