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DESCRIPTION:Pulitzer Prize-winner Jane Smiley, author of "A Thousand Acres" will 
 present the final volume ("Golden Age") in her great trilogy, "The Last 
 Hundred Years," — hailed as "a crowning literary achievement from a 
 beloved master of American storytelling." " Her knowledge of politics, 
 environmentalism and genetics\n...have the same scope and fastidiousness of 
 Phillip Roth, Saul Bellow, and John Updike." \n\n---\n\nWednesday, June 29, 
  2016   7:30 PM\nSt. John’s Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, 
 Berkeley\nAdvance tickets: $12 : brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006  
 or Books Inc, \nPegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Diesel a 
 Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s  \nS.F. – Modern Times. \n$15 door\n\nFrom 
 the winner of the Pulitzer Prize: the much-anticipated final volume of her 
 acclaimed American trilogy – a richly absorbing new novel that brings the 
 remarkable Langdon family into our present times and beyond. Combining 
 intimate drama, emotional suspense, and a full command of history, Golden 
 Age brings to a magnificent conclusion the century-spanning portrait of 
 this unforgettable family—and the dynamic times in which they’ve loved, 
 lived, and died: a crowning literary achievement from a beloved master of 
 American storytelling.\n\nJane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, 
 including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pultizer Prize, and most 
 recently, Some Luck and Early Warning, the first volumes of The Last 
 Hundred Years trilogy. She is also the author of five works of nonfiction 
 and a series of books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of 
 Arts and Letters, she has received the PEN USA Lifetime Achievement Award 
 for Literature. She lives in Northern California.\n\nPraise for earlier 
 novels in the trilogy:\n“Staggering…a masterpiece in the 
 making…Intimate, miraculous—an American saga every bit as ambitious as 
 Updike’s magnum opus”  —USA Today\n\n“Audaciously delicious, 
 impeccably drawn…Every character steals our heart. We read these lives, 
 and we find our own.”  —Chicago Tribune\n\n“Wondrous…A good 
 reminder that the big juicy novel is ascendant again…The surprises are 
 irresistible. Smiley develops lives that are rich, mysterious, and 
 constantly changing…The events become mesmerizing, the reading 
 compulsive.” —The Washington Post\n\nGolden Age takes readers from 1987 
 up to 2020, lending a prophetic eye to the world beyond the pages. 
 There’s much to admire: Smiley’s attention to detail in each and every 
 year; her knowledge of politics, environmentalism, and genetics; her humor; 
 her stripped back prose.\n… Smiley chronicles 20th-century life like few 
 have, with the same scope and fastidiousness of Phillip Roth, Saul Bellow, 
 and John Updike. —Miami New Times\n\nKris Welch is a veteran KPFA on-air 
 host, a mother, and a grandmother.\n\nKPFA benefit\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/08/18786216.php
SUMMARY:A Evening with Jane Smiley
LOCATION:St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Avenue, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2016/05/08/18786216.php
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