Tell Me a Riddle
Tell Me a Riddle | |
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by Tillie Olsen | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Published in | New World Writing No. 16 |
Publication type | periodical anthology |
Publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. |
Publication date | 1960 |
![]() First edition | |
Author | Tillie Olsen |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Short story collection |
Publisher | J. B. Lippincott & Co. |
Publication date | 1961 |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 125 |
OCLC | 748997729 |
"Tell Me a Riddle" is a short story by Tillie Olsen. It was published in 1961 as the title story of a collection of four Olsen short stories.
Reception[]
The short story "Tell Me a Riddle" has been called "a powerful study of the politics of voice",[1] "an American Classic",[2] and described as "beautifully crafted and painfully real in the issues of family that it raises".[3] It received the 1961 O. Henry Award.[4]
Adaptations[]
Tell Me a Riddle, a film based on the short story collection, was released in 1980.[5]
References[]
- ^ Pfaelzer, Jean (1994). "Tillie Olsen's "Tell Me a Riddle": The Dialectics of Silence". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. University of Nebraska Press. 15 (2): 1–22. doi:10.2307/3346759. JSTOR 3346759.
- ^ Oliver B. Pollak. "TILLIE OLSEN". jwa.org. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ Janice Willms (June 14, 2004). "Tell Me a Riddle". medhum.med.nyu.edu. NYU Langone Medical Center. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "The O. Henry Prize Stories Past Winners List". www.randomhouse.com. Random House LLC. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ "Tell Me a Riddle (1980)". www.rottentomatoes.com. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
External links[]
- Tell Me a Riddle study guide
- Tillie Olsen's 'Tell Me a Riddle': The Catastrophe of History
- "No one's private ground": A Bakhtinian reading of Tillie Olsen's Tell Me a Riddle
Categories:
- 1956 short stories
- 1961 short story collections
- American short stories
- American short story collections
- Feminism and the family
- O. Henry Award winners
- Short stories adapted into films
- 1950s short story stubs