· In Mathilda Savitch, his first novel, Victor Lodato, a successful American dramatist, tells his story through the eyes of a pubescent girl, just shy of her first period. There was some Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. The words Mathilda Savitch caught my attention. A firstname that contrasted the surname, in time and culture. The front cover showed a picture of a young girl looking over her shoulder. The author's name was distinctly European, and Europeans are far less inhibited about coming of age. As it happens Victor Lodato is American, at least he lives /5(). Victor Lodato is a playwright, poet, and novelist. His book, Mathilda Savitch, was hailed by The New York Times as "a Salingeresque wonder of a first novel" and was deemed a "Best Book of the Year" by The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, and The Globe and www.doorway.ru novel won the PEN USA Award for Fiction and the Barnes Noble Discover Prize, and has been published in sixteen countries.
So says the young heroine of Mathilda Savitch, Victor Lodato's fierce and funny debut novel. What makes this coming-of-age story so compelling is the tough, furtively loving voice of its narrator, who keeps her friends at arm's length even as she holds them in her heart.". Mathilda Savitch, his first novel, received the PEN USA Literary Award and was named a Best Book of by The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist and The Globe and Mail. He lives in Tucson and New York City. VICTOR LODATO is a playwright and the author of the novel Mathilda Savitch, winner of the PEN Center USA Award for fiction. Victor Lodato is a playwright, poet, and novelist. His book, Mathilda Savitch, was hailed by The New York Times as "a Salingeresque wonder of a first novel" and was deemed a "Best Book of the Year" by The Christian Science Monitor, Booklist, and The Globe and www.doorway.ru novel won the PEN USA Award for Fiction and the Barnes Noble Discover Prize, and has been published in sixteen countries.
“The first novel from poet and playwright Lodato is a stunning portrait of grief and youthful imagination. Narrator Mathilda Savitch is an adolescent girl negotiating life after the death of her older sister, Helene. Victor Lodato is the author of two critically acclaimed novels. EDGAR AND LUCY was called "a riveting and exuberant ride" by the New York Times, and MATHILDA SAVITCH, winner of the PEN USA Award, was hailed as "a Salingeresque wonder of a first novel.". In Mathilda Savitch, his first novel, Victor Lodato, a successful American dramatist, tells his story through the eyes of a pubescent girl, just shy of her first period.
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