Someone (McDermott novel) explained

Someone: A Novel
Author:	Alice McDermott
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Genre:	Fiction
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Release Date:	September 10, 2013
Media Type:	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages:	240
Isbn:	978-0-374-28109-0

Someone: A Novel, is the seventh book of fiction by American author Alice McDermott. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2013,^[1] it was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award.^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

• Writing in the New York Times, Janet Maslin praised the novel, stating “Someone” is a wonderfully modest title for such a fine-tuned, beautiful book filled with so much universal experience, such haunting imagery, such urgent matters of life and death.”^[4] Maslin later named Someone to her best of 2013 books list.^[5]
• Publishers Weekly called the book a “… deceptively simple tour de force.”^[6]
• The Los Angeles Times claimed, “Just as McDermott manages to write lyrically in plain language, she is able to find the drama in uninflected experience.”^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Someone, book review. kirkusreviews.com. Kirkus. 10 December 2014.
2. Web site: 2013 National Book Award Longlist, Fiction. nationalbook.org. National Book Foundation. 10 December 2014.
3. Web site: Florez. Paul. NBCC Fiction Finalist Alice McDermott in Conversation with Paul Florez. https://web.archive.org/web/20141011020620/http://bookcritics.org/blog/archive/nbcc-fiction-finalist-alice-mcdermott-in-conversation-with-paul-florez. dead. October 11, 2014. www.bookcritics.org. National Book Critics Circle. 10 December 2014.
4. News: Maslin. Janet. Survivor Among a Lifetime of Ghosts. 10 December 2014. The New York Times. October 7, 2013.
5. News: Maslin. Janet. Janet Maslin's 10 Favorite Books of 2013. 10 December 2014. The New York Times. December 19, 2013.
6. Web site: Someone, book review. www.publishersweekly.com. 10 December 2014.
7. News: McNulty. Charles. Alice McDermott's snapshots of a woman in 'Someone'. https://web.archive.org/web/20131201220602/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/sep/13/entertainment/la-ca-jc-alice-mcdermott-20130915. dead. December 1, 2013. 10 December 2014. The Los Angeles Times. September 13, 2013.