Tell Me a Riddle

Tell Me a Riddle
Author Tillie Olsen
Country United States
Language English
Published
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 116
OCLC 5096662

"Tell Me a Riddle" is a short story by Tillie Olsen, originally appearing in New World Writing in 1960 and subsequently published as the title story of a four-story collection in 1961.

Reception

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

A film of the same name, based on the collection, was released in 1980.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "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. 1994. 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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