''Anything Is Possible'' is a 2017 novel of related short stories by the American author
Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout (born January 6, 1956) is an American novelist and author. She is widely known for her works in literary fiction and her descriptive characterization. She was born and raised in Portland, Maine, and her experiences in her youth s ...
.
The novel returns to the fictional rural town of Amgash, Illinois, which is the protagonist's hometown in Strout's 2016 novel ''
My Name Is Lucy Barton
''My Name is Lucy Barton'' is a 2016 ''New York Times'' bestselling novel and the fifth novel by the American writer Elizabeth Strout. The book was first published in the United States on January 12, 2016 through Random House. The book details th ...
''. Former
U.S. President Barack Obama included ''Anything Is Possible'' on a list of the best books he read in 2017. ''Anything is Possible'' won
The Story Prize, a book award for short story collections.
Contents
Reception
''Anything Is Possible'' received positive reviews from critics,
who praised Strout as a master of the novel-in-stories form, with each short story filling in a piece of her “gracefully constructed narrative puzzle.”
Writing for ''
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', Jennifer Senior said, “Strout was born to be an omniscient narrator, born to flit and swoop from one crooked perch to the next.”
References
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2017 American novels
Novels set in Illinois
Novels by Elizabeth Strout
Random House books