Lionel Shriver






Lionel Shriver

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born
May 18, 1957

gender
female

place of birth
Gastonia, NC, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction


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Ms. Shriver won the 2005 Orange Prize for We Need To Talk About Kevin.




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avg rating: 3.72 | 6,952 ratings | 2,000 reviews | 19 distinct works | 13 fans
We Need to Talk About Kevin: A... We Need to Talk About Kevin: A Novel
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 3.93 — 3,603 ratings — published 2003
21 editions
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The Post-Birthday World The Post-Birthday World
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 3.43 — 2,263 ratings — published 2007
21 editions
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Double Fault Double Fault
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 2.86 — 127 ratings — published 1997
5 editions
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A Perfectly Good Family: A Nov... A Perfectly Good Family: A Novel
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 3.18 — 90 ratings — published 1996
7 editions
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Game Control: A Novel Game Control: A Novel
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 3.44 — 43 ratings — published 1994
6 editions
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Female of the Species Female of the Species
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 3.36 — 14 ratings — published 1987
3 editions
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Checker and the Derailleurs Checker and the Derailleurs
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 3.86 — 7 ratings — published 1989
3 editions
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The Bleeding Heart The Bleeding Heart
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1990
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Liebespaarungen Liebespaarungen
by Lionel Shriver, Monika Schmalz (Übersetzer)
avg rating 2.00 — 2 ratings — published 2009
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So Much for That LP So Much for That LP
by Lionel Shriver
avg rating 1.00 — 1 rating — published 2010
2 editions
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"There is one province in which, sooner or later, virtually everyone gets dealt a leading role--hero, heroine, or villain.... Unlike the slight implications of quotidian dilemmas that confront the average citizen in other areas of life ... the stakes in this realm could not be higher. For chances are that at some point along the line you will hold in your hands another person's heart. There is no greater responsibility on the planet. However you contend with this fragile organ, which pounds or seizes in accordance with your caprice, will take your full measure."
Lionel Shriver (The Post-Birthday World)
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"Built like an oak tree, against which I could pitch my pillow and read; mornings, I could curl into the crook of your branches."
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"Now, bitterly, with one sweep of the front door, the compassion was spent. To the degree that Lawrence's face was familiar, it was killingly so - as if she had been gradually getting to know him for over nine years and then, bang, he was known. She'd been handed her diploma. There were no more surprises - or only this last surprise, that there were no more surprises. To torture herself, Irina kept looking, and looking, at Lawrence's face, like turning the key in an ignition several times before resigning herself that the battery was dead."
Lionel Shriver (The Post-Birthday World)
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