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About Lionel Shriver
American author, journalist, and cultural commentator
Lionel Shriver is an American author, journalist, and cultural commentator. She is known for fiction and for her sharp public commentary, especially through her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin. Her novel We Need to Talk About Kevin won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2005. Beyond her fiction, she has worked as a journalist and as a commentator on cultural questions, which gives her writing a distinctly observant and argumentative edge.
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- “Tory supporters are not spontaneously ashamed; they have been made to feel ashamed. British leftists fiercely…”Lionel Shriver
- “You know that euphemism, she’s expecting? It’s apt. The birth of a baby, so long as it’s healthy, is somethin…”Lionel Shriver
- “In the big picture, few of our careers live up to the dreams we nursed when we were young. In fact, one under…”Lionel Shriver
- “In Shaker Heights, Ohio, one of America's first planned communities, order and harmony are prized.”Lionel Shriver
Truth: more sayings
- “Hip-hop reflects the truth, and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society…”Busta Rhymes
- “Don't forget there are two sides to performing. Finding the truth, but you also have to be transparent enough…”John Hurt
- “You need to be honest, even if you hurt people.”Kolo Toure
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Books by Lionel Shriver
We need to talk about Kevin
2003
Post-Birthday World
2007
Big Brother
2013
So much for that
2010
Double fault
1997