Tell Me a Riddle

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Tell Me a Riddle
by Tillie Olsen
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Published inNew World Writing No. 16
Publication typeperiodical anthology
PublisherJ. B. Lippincott & Co.
Publication date1960
Tell Me a Riddle
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First edition
AuthorTillie Olsen
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort story collection
PublisherJ. B. Lippincott & Co.
Publication date
1961
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages125
OCLC748997729

"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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Oliver B. Pollak. "TILLIE OLSEN". jwa.org. Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  3. ^ Janice Willms (June 14, 2004). "Tell Me a Riddle". medhum.med.nyu.edu. NYU Langone Medical Center. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
  4. ^ "The O. Henry Prize Stories Past Winners List". www.randomhouse.com. Random House LLC. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  5. ^ "Tell Me a Riddle (1980)". www.rottentomatoes.com. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 7, 2016.

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