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Country
  
United States

Pages
  
116

Published
  
1961

Genre
  
Short story

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Language
  
English

Author
  
Tillie Olsen

Page count
  
116

OCLC
  
5096662

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Media type
  
Print (hardback, paperback)

Similar
  
Tillie Olsen books, Short Stories

Tell me a riddle 1980 movie


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.

Contents

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Reception

Tell Me a Riddle has been called "a powerful study of the politics of voice", "an American Classic, and described as "beautifully crafted and painfully real in the issues of family that it raises." It received the 1961 O. Henry Award.

Adaptations

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

References

Tell Me a Riddle Wikipedia