Jane Smiley Summary

The range and variety of Jane Smiley's work as a writer of fiction have resulted in a great deal of critical attention, a wide and committed readership, and several different perceptions of her achiev... Read more

In the following review, Pressley offers reserved praise for Smiley's The Greenlanders. Few would consider the island of Greenland, with its extensive ice cover, an ideal locale for coloniza... Read more

In the following review, Messud lauds the variety and wit of Smiley's Moo. In spite of its absurdities, or perhaps because of them, ours is an age which accords the greatest literary respect... Read more

In the following review, Taylor lauds Smiley's use of humor in her presentation of university life in Moo. We can't see Jane Smiley's hands in the photograph of her on the back... Read more

In the following review, Charles provides a favorable assessment of Smiley's The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton. Ernest Hemingway once said, “All modern American lite... Read more

In the following review, Bauer praises Smiley's presentation of political commitment in The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton. Jane Smiley's newest novel [The All-True T... Read more

Oates is the author of several novels, including Man Crazy. In the following review, she asserts that while there are some well-written individual scenes in Smiley's The All-True Travels and Ad... Read more

In the following review, MacLachlan lauds Smiley's conversational style in the novellas of Ordinary Love and Good Will. Jane Smiley's two novellas, Ordinary Love and Good Will, are ab... Read more