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	The Man Of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld: Reviews
		Sittenfeld's primary virtue as a writer is her watchfulness; she doesn't gaze at people but pins them to the wall, specimenlike, with her piercing, critical eye-- and usually she gets them right.
		Sittenfeld seldom delves below the surface of the action, and everything that happens in Chicago is narrated as a letter by Hannah to her therapist.
		Sittenfeld has a brisk narrative style and a rare ability to turn nearly alienating flaws into vulnerability, but her central characters, despite their acute observations of others, have no introspective faculty at all.
	www.metacritic.com /books/authors/sittenfeldcurtis/manofmydreams (852 words)

	Med blick för klass (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Curtis Sittenfeld gillar omslaget på den svenska utgåvan där en ung kvinna står i en säng vänd mot ett vidöppet fönster.
		Curtis Sittenfeld kommer också från en medelklassfamilj i Mellanvästern och har gått på en prestigefylld internatskola utanför Boston.
		Livet som tonåring minns Curtis Sittenfeld som om det var i går.
	www.dn.se /DNet/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=1058&a=541972&previousRenderType=2 (2020 words)

	Amazon.fr : Prep: Livres en anglais: Curtis Sittenfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Yet while Sittenfeld may be a skilled storyteller, her real gift lies in her ability to expertly give voice to what is often described as the most alienating period in a young person's life: high school.
		Lee's status as an outsider is further affirmed after her parents drive 18 hours in their beat-up Datsun to attend Parent's Weekend, where most of the kids "got trashed and ended up skinny-dipping in the indoor pool" at their parents' fancy hotel.
		Now, at 24, she recounts her years learning "everything I needed to know about attracting and alienating people." Sittenfeld neither indulges nor mocks teen angst, but hits it spot on: "I was terrified of unwittingly leaving behind a piece of scrap paper on which were written all my private desires and humiliations.
	www.amazon.fr /Prep-Curtis-Sittenfeld/dp/081297235X (563 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld (born 1975) is an American writer who has published two novels, Prep, a tale about a New England prep school, and The Man of My Dreams, another coming-of-age novel, as well as other short stories.
		Elizabeth was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second of four children (three girls and a boy) of Paul G., an investment adviser, and Elizabeth (Curtis) Sittenfeld, an art history teacher at the Seven Hills School, a private school in Cincinnati.
		Curtis Sittenfeld told The Cincinnati Enquirer in 2005 that it is unlikely she will return to her hometown.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Curtis_Sittenfeld (806 words)

	E a r t h G o a t: Curtis Sittenfeld interview
		Original interview post: Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the novel Prep, which today (March 29, 2005) sits at number 10 on the NYT bestseller list.
		As the NYT put it: "Sittenfeld's dialogue is so convincing that one wonders if she didn't wear a wire under her hockey kilt …" Curtis was two years ahead of the Earth Goat prosers at the IWW, and as a TWF may well be responsible for many of us getting into the program.
		Curtis Sittenfeld: Well, the spotlight is appointment-based, if that makes sense -- like, I'll have an interview or give a reading and I'll be in public writer mode, but for the rest of the time I'm normal Curtis (or abnormal Curtis, as the case may be).
	earthgoat.blogspot.com /2005/03/curtis-sittenfeld-interview_29.html (3779 words)

	Curtis Sittenfeld.com - Prep
		“Curtis Sittenfeld ensconces the reader deep in the world of the Ault School and the churning mind of Lee Fiora (a teenager as complex and nuanced as those of Salinger), capturing every vicissitude of her life with the precision of a brilliant documentary and the delicacy and strength of a poem.”
		Sittenfeld should be commended for creating a teenage heroine who is disaffected but not cartoonishly sullen and whose first romantic obsession resembles scientific fascination more than swooning hysteria.
		"Curtis Sittenfeld captures this paradoxical time [of adolescence] perfectly in her debut novel, Prep, a nuanced look at life at an elite boarding school that goes beyond the exclusivity of the experience to find something that speaks to a broader truth...a sort of better executed I Am Charlotte Simmons for the prep set."
	www.curtissittenfeld.com /prep.htm (1792 words)

	Curtis Sittenfeld - The Man of My Dreams - AOL Books
		Sittenfeld's poignant if generic follow-up to her bestselling debut, 'Prep,' similarly tracks a young woman's coming-of-age, but rather than navigating an elite school's nasty and brutish social system, this time the narrator contends with a dysfunctional family and her own yearnings for love.
		Fourteen-year-old Hannah Gavener is abruptly shipped off from Philadelphia to live with her aunt in Pittsburgh when her mercurial, vindictive father breaks up his marriage and family, which includes Hannah's older sister, Allison, and their browbeaten mother.
		Curtis Sittenfeld, author of 'The Man of My Dreams.' Go to AOL Books for the latest book news, book reviews, book lists, and book clubs.
	books.aol.com /booklists/product/curtissittenfeld (358 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
		Curtis Sittenfeld's debut novel, Prep, is an insightful, achingly funny coming-of-age story as well as a brilliant dissection of class, race, and gender in a hothouse of adolescent angst and ambition.
		"Curtis Sittenfeld is a young writer with a crazy amount of talent.
		"Sittenfeld ensconces the reader deep in the world of the Ault School and the churning mind of Lee Fiora (a teenager as complex and nuanced as those of Salinger), capturing every vicissitude of her life with the precision of a brilliant documentary and the delicacy and strength of a poem."
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/prep1.asp (897 words)

	DNK Amazon Store :: The Man of My Dreams: A Novel
		Sittenfeld is a close observer and talented painter of character portraits.
		Sittenfeld's choice to move in a new direction was a wise one.
		I'm tempted to compare Sittenfeld with another young writer, Zadie Smith, since I just finished reading "On Beauty." Smith has the bigger reputation and probably talent, but she is floundering as a writer because she is so self-indulgent.
	www.entertainmentcareers.net /book/ProductDetails.aspx?asin=1400064767 (1338 words)

	Move Over, Holden (washingtonpost.com)
		Curtis Sittenfeld completed "Prep," set at a fictional prep school, while teaching at the equally exclusive St. Albans School.
		Sittenfeld will make good on her promise to order pizza for the class if the book makes the New York Times bestseller list.
		Sittenfeld definitely owes her class pizza, and she is now worried about another promise she offhandedly made months ago, which one boy wrote in his notebook: Ms.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A45628-2005Feb22.html (1275 words)

	TIME.com: Prepping for Love -- May 22, 2006 -- Page 1
		Seriocomic misunderstandings are kept to a minimum as we tour the study where she writes her novels; it's airy and messy--she and her boyfriend moved in last August, but there are still boxes on the floor.
		Sittenfeld's new heroine is a rather strange girl named Hannah: thoughtful, withdrawn, a little out of synch with the world around her.
		Sittenfeld is unusually willing to let her characters come off as less than charming from time to time ("You make yourself miserable, and you make the people around you miserable, too," Hannah's sister spits at her during a canoe trip, and she's not totally wrong).
	jcgi.pathfinder.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,1194026,00.html (818 words)

	SP!TS - Boeken - De bevoorrechte wereld van Curtis Sittenfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sittenfeld heeft het over Lee Fiora, de spil van haar debuutroman Prep, die zich grotendeels afspeelt op een exclusieve Amerikaanse kostschool ('prep school' is de Amerikaanse uitdrukking voor voorbereidend hoger onderwijs).
		Dankzij haar talent om zich aan te passen, slaagt ze erin haar plekje te verwerven, tot ze aan het eind een uitglijder maakt en alles waarvoor ze zich heeft uitgesloofd weer op het spel zet.
		In werkelijkheid zijn er wel degelijk overeenkomsten tussen Sittenfeld en haar timide heldin.
	www.spitsnet.nl /nieuws.php/18/65386/cci (579 words)

	Bookreporter.com - PREP by Curtis Sittenfeld
		Curtis Sittenfeld utilizes these characters to tell a coming-of-age story, give a snapshot of prep school life, and subtly explore class and race.
		Sittenfeld writes from the perspective of Lee as a 24-year-old who is living in an unmentioned city.
		There are a few times when Sittenfeld offers too much analysis and explanation, and on one occasion her foreshadowing gives part of the story away.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/1400062314.asp (686 words)

	ReadingGroupGuides.com - Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
		Curtis Sittenfeld won the Seventeen magazine fiction writing contest in 1992, at age sixteen, and The Mississippi Review's annual fiction contest in 1998.
		A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she is the recipient of a Michener-Copernicus Society of America Award.
		Sittenfeld was the 2002 --- 2003 writer in residence at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., where she continues to work as a part-time as an English teacher.
	www.readinggroupguides.com /guides3/prep2.asp (3126 words)

	Prep - Curtis Sittenfeld
		Curtis Sittenfeld’s impressive first novel follows Lee during her four years at Ault.
		Sittenfeld won Seventeen’s fiction writing contest as a sixteen-year-old in 1992.
		Prep is a great debut and a convincing argument that Curtis Sittenfeld needs to write more fiction.
	www.thebookhaven.net /Z_Prep.html (222 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Looking for Love, But Finding Frustration
		Exploring what it is to be insecure and introverted in a culture that operates under the assumption that all girls are self-confident, the novel follows Hannah Gavener from her first crush at age 14, to her first kiss at 21, to her present-day life as a 28-year-old.
		Reading the book in such a manner makes it easier to understand its format—every chapter is about a specific interaction Hannah has with her family or men in her life (a first boyfriend; the man she who she wants to love her; a fling) over a 14-year period.
		Sittenfeld cheapens the book by ending with a letter that Hannah writes to her college therapist with updates on her life.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=514521 (483 words)

	NPR : Curtis Sittenfeld: From 10 to 1 (More or Less)
		Curtis Sittenfeld tries not to answer email or the phone during her writing time.
		NPR.org, November 10, 2006 · Curtis Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, was a bestseller.
		Her second, The Man of My Dreams, was published in May. A winner of the Seventeen magazine fiction contest in 1992, she has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Real Simple, and public radio's This American Life.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=6469977 (369 words)

	Bookreporter.com - THE MAN OF MY DREAMS by Curtis Sittenfeld
		Bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld is no stranger to the nuances of female angst.
		We were drawn to her day-to-day fumblings as mirror images of our own and felt relieved when we could close the book and leave all the uncomfortable parallels behind as mere recordings of battles once fought and, thankfully, overcome.
		Nonetheless, Sittenfeld is making a name for herself as a master of this domain and her latest novel far from disappoints.
	www.bookreporter.com /reviews2/1400064767.asp (893 words)

	The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld \| Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
		There's the cheesy title, which does nothing to separate Curtis Sittenfeld's snappy second novel from the rest of the looking-for-love books lying about bedside tables and beach chairs.
		Sittenfeld's first novel, Prep, was a surprise hit, making the New York Times best-seller list in 2005.
		In these pages Sittenfeld gets inside the kind of suffering that pulls at the roots of our instincts and forces us to accept what every bone and brain cell in our body wants to reject.
	www.chron.com /disp/story.mpl/life/books/reviews/4029444.html (931 words)

	Curtis Sittenfeld, Eine Klasse für sich
		Curtis Sittenfeld hat mit ihrem Debütwerk einen beachtlichen und überaus lesenswerten Roman vorgelegt [...] - schwer vorstellbar, dass man von diesem Buch nicht tief berührt werden könnte.
		Curtis Sittenfeld kann es, und sie setzt diese Erfahrung brillant um." Marie Claire
		Curtis Sittenfeld ist 29 Jahre alt, unterrichtet Englisch an der St. Alban's School in Washington und ist Absolventin der Stanford University und des Iowa Writer´´s Workshop.
	www.aufbau-verlag.de /index.php4?page=12789&avsess=db36036e607e92e0880da72881c6fb6b (374 words)

	Boston College Front Row - Curtis Sittenfeld: Reading from Her Fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As part of the Lowell Humanities Series, author Curtis Sittenfeld reads from her first novel, Prep (Random House, 2005), about an outsider teen coming of age at a posh boarding school.
		Sittenfeld’s second book, The Man of My Dreams, is forthcoming from Random House in May 2006.
		Sittenfeld is introduced by Christine Neu ’05, a first-year student at Boston College Law School.
	frontrow.bc.edu /program/sittenfeld (135 words)

	'The Man of My Dreams' by Curtis Sittenfeld. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Hannah Grover seems to fade into the drywall of her Tufts University dormitory, going to bed early to avoid parties, grabbing food from the cafeteria to avoid noisy tables, playing it safe and alone.
		She is the dreamy and insecure heroine of this second novel by Philadelphian Curtis Sittenfeld, who made a name for herself with her debut novel, "Prep," a coming-of-age story about an angst-ridden Midwestern high school girl who attends an Eastern prep school.
		In this second book, Sittenfeld once again captures the tortured thoughts and uncomfortable skin of a young woman who doesn't fit in.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/06183/702259-148.stm (518 words)

	Barnes & Noble.com - Curtis Sittenfeld - Books: Meet the Writers
		Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the acclaimed, bestselling novel Prep, which chronicles a young teen’s experiences at a New England Boarding School.
		Adolescence, with its painful and thrilling hang-ups, is the subject of Sittenfeld's debut.
		We asked Sittenfeld to tell us about some of her favorite reads.
	www.barnesandnoble.com /writers/writer.asp?cid=1344384&z=y&z=y&vcqty=1&cds2Pid=10181&linkid=717749 (428 words)

	Prep : A Novel : Curtis Sittenfeld
		This New York Times best-seller from acclaimed author Curtis Sittenfeld has been hailed by Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and Election, as "one of the most impressive debuts in recent memory." A funny and poignant coming-of-age story, Prep is a dead-on examination of adolescent angst and a sharp criticism of America's social structure.
		Prep proves that Sittenfeld is an author who will be heard from for years to come.
		About the Author: Author Curtis Sittenfeld gained renown when she was only 16 years old as the winner of Seventeen magazine's fiction writing contest.
	www.audiobooksonline.com /shopsite/Prep_Lee_Fiora_Curtis_Sittenfeld_unabridged_compact_discs.html (312 words)

	Curtis Sittenfeld.com - Prep (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of the bestselling novels Prep and The Man of My Dreams, which are being translated into twenty-five languages.
		Curtis won the Seventeen magazine fiction writing contest in 1992, at age sixteen, and since then her writing has appeared in many publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, Salon, Glamour, and on public radio's This American Life.
		A graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she was the 2002 - 2003 writer in residence at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. She lives in Philadelphia.
	www.curtissittenfeld.com /bio.htm (127 words)

	Book Reviews - The Man of My Dreams by Curtis Sittenfeld
		When she's 14 in 1991, Hannah Gavener begins to wonder about the man of her dreams.
		Curtis Sittenfeld (author of Prep) explores the life of a woman confused by love.
		The Man of My Dreams has received mostly positive reviews with the New York Daily News saying, "What lovely work Sittenfeld makes of this story about a woman no one necessarily wants to identify with, but we all do: Hannah is both as smart and dumb as they come.
	www.reviewsofbooks.com /man_of_my_dreams (243 words)

	Curtis Sittenfeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Albans School in Washington, D.C. during the 2002 - 2003 academic year and taught ninth grade English there from 2003 - 2005.
		Some saluted the book for its verisimilitude, including Elissa Schappell, who wrote in The New York Times Book Review that "Sittenfeld's dialogue is so convincing that one wonders if she didn't wear a wire under her hockey kilt."
		The book has been optioned by Paramount Pictures, which also has an unrelated project with the same name, under its MTV Films umbrella.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Curtis_Sittenfeld (806 words)

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