The Women (2009 novel)
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The Women is a 2009
novel by T. C. Boyle. It is a biographical novel
of Frank Lloyd Wright
, told through his relationships with four women: the young Serbian dancer Olgivanna
; Miriam, the morphine-addicted and obsessive Southern belle; Mamah
, whose life ended in a massacre at Taliesin
, the home Wright built for his lovers and wives; and his first wife, Kitty, the mother of six of his children. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101170584 (Mamah Borthwick
is herself the subject of Nancy Horan
's 2008
first novel, Loving Frank.)
2009 in literature
The year 2009 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*8 October - Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller wins the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature....
novel by T. C. Boyle. It is a biographical novel
Biographical novel
The biographical novel is a genre of novel which provides a fictional and usually entertaining account of a person's life. This kind of novel concentrates on the experiences a person had during his lifetime, the people he met and the incidents which occurred are detailed and sometimes...
of Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...
, told through his relationships with four women: the young Serbian dancer Olgivanna
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright
Olgivanna Lloyd Wright was the third and final wife of Frank Lloyd Wright and had significant influence in his life and work, due in part to her extensive Theosophical associations. She was a Serb Montenegrin dancer...
; Miriam, the morphine-addicted and obsessive Southern belle; Mamah
Mamah Borthwick
Martha "Mamah" Borthwick is primarily noted for her relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright, which ended when she was murdered....
, whose life ended in a massacre at Taliesin
Taliesin (studio)
Taliesin , near Spring Green, Wisconsin, was the summer home of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright began the building in 1911 after leaving his first wife, Catherine Tobin, and his Oak Park, Illinois, home and studio in 1909. The impetus behind Wright's departure was his affair with...
, the home Wright built for his lovers and wives; and his first wife, Kitty, the mother of six of his children. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101170584 (Mamah Borthwick
Mamah Borthwick
Martha "Mamah" Borthwick is primarily noted for her relationship with Frank Lloyd Wright, which ended when she was murdered....
is herself the subject of Nancy Horan
Nancy Horan
Nancy Horan is the American author of Loving Frank, a novel about Mamah Borthwick and her relationship with American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Horan was awarded the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction by the Society of American Historians on April 17, 2009, for works...
's 2008
2008 in literature
The year 2008 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*January 1 - In the 2008 New Year Honours, Hanif Kureishi , Jenny Uglow , Peter Vansittart and Debjani Chatterjee are all rewarded for "services to literature".*June 15 - Gore Vidal, asked in a New York Times...
first novel, Loving Frank.)
Book information
The Women by T. C. Boyle- HardcoverHardcoverA hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...
- ISBN 978-0670020416 (20092009 in literatureThe year 2009 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*8 October - Romanian-born German novelist Herta Müller wins the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature....
, First edition) published by Viking PressViking PressViking Press is an American publishing company owned by the Penguin Group, which has owned the company since 1975. It was founded in New York City on March 1, 1925, by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheim...