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Russell Hoban
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born
February 04, 1925
gender
male
place of birth
Lansdale, Pennsylvania, The United States
genre
Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Literature & Fiction
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avg rating: 4.18
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| 111 distinct works
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Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.28 — 1,062 ratings — published 1964 17 editions |
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Bedtime for Frances (Trophy Picture Books) by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.09 — 660 ratings — published 1960 12 editions |
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Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.16 — 471 ratings — published 1998 10 editions |
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Best Friends for Frances by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.22 — 394 ratings — published 1969 8 editions |
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A Bargain for Frances (I Can Read Book 2) by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.22 — 308 ratings — published 1970 13 editions |
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A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.17 — 301 ratings — published 1919 14 editions |
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A Birthday for Frances by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.24 — 286 ratings — published 1919 9 editions |
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The Mouse And His Child by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.08 — 163 ratings — published 1969 16 editions |
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Turtle Diary by Russell Hoban avg rating 3.91 — 68 ratings — published 1976 6 editions |
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Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas by Russell Hoban avg rating 4.19 — 53 ratings — published 1971 4 editions |
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"Who is Alice?" asked mother.
"Alice is somebody that nobody can see," said Frances. "And that is why she does not have a birthday. So I am singing Happy Thursday to her." - Frances the badger"
— Russell Hoban (A Birthday for Frances)
"Alice is somebody that nobody can see," said Frances. "And that is why she does not have a birthday. So I am singing Happy Thursday to her." - Frances the badger"
— Russell Hoban (A Birthday for Frances)
"Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it like Ahab with the White Whale. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone. Even in martiarchal societies I doubt that there were ever female Beowulfs. Women lie with gods and demons but they don’t go looking for monsters to fight with. Ariadne gave Theseus a clew but the minotaur was his business."
— Russell Hoban (Turtle Diary)
— Russell Hoban (Turtle Diary)
"When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?"
— Russell Hoban
— Russell Hoban
