Kate Atkinson
Kate Atkinson MBE ( born 1951 in York ) is a British writer.
Biography
Atkinson studied English Literature and American Studies at the University of Dundee, then worked in various jobs, such as a legal secretary and teacher, until she finally started in mid -1980s with the writing and first stories, especially with the novel Behind the Scenes at the Museum ( Family Album, 1995) had immediate success. She lives with her two daughters in Edinburgh.
Topics
Kate Atkinson's novels and stories revolve around the everyday lives of their people, often families who are struggling with difficulties and suddenly run into heavy water or to the edge of its possibilities. With Case Histories ( The fourth sister, 2004), it introduced the somewhat portly private eye Jackson Brodie and settled their stories closer to the thriller genre to write without dedicated detective novels.
Stylistically, it works in almost all plants with parallel actions that she takes as loose threads through the plot and brings together only at the end, where they lead to amazing resolutions. The bordering at first glance to the fantastic events in their stories meant that you have brought them to the vicinity of magical realism. In addition to a remarkable attention to detail and a penchant for sprawling narrative strands it maintains a supercooled humor that characterizes all their works.
Works (selection)
- A Midsummer Night's game, dt by Anette Grube; Diana, Munich 1988. ISBN 3-8284-0016-7
- The level of the oblique feelings, dt by Anette Grube; Droemer, Munich 2000. ISBN 3-426-19549-6
- The Unfinished, dt by Anette Grube, Droemer, Munich 2013. ISBN 978-3-426-19981-7
Jackson Brodie series
- 2004 Case Histories The fourth sister, dt by Anette Grube; Droemer, Munich 2005. ISBN 978-3-426-63163-8
- Charitable services, dt by Anette Grube; Droemer, Munich 2007. ISBN 3-426-19753-7
- Life lies. Roman, German by Anette Grube; Droemer, Munich 2008. ISBN 978-3-426-19819-3
- The forgotten child, dt by Anette Grube; Droemer, Munich 2011. ISBN 978-3-426-19910-7
- 2002 Not the End of the World Not the end of the world, dt by Anette Grube; Droemer, Munich 2003. ISBN 3-426-19551-8
- 2000 Abandonment
Films
Under the Title Case Histories BBC filmed 2011, the first three novels of the Jackson Brodie series as six -part television series starring Jason Isaacs as Jackson Brodie. the screenplays written Ashley Pharoah ( episodes 1 2, based on Case Histories ), Matthew Graham ( episodes 3 4, based on One Good Turn) and Peter Harness ( episodes 5 6, based on When Will There Be Good News ). Was directed by Marc Jost ( episodes 1 2), Bill Anderson ( episodes 3 4) and Dan Zeff ( episodes 5 6). Aired the series was between the 5th and 20th of June 2011.