Olive Kitteridge

Style and Technique

"Olive Kitteridge" is a collection of interconnected stories that together form a mosaic portrait of the life of the main character and the residents of a small town in Maine. Elizabeth Strout uses deeply developed characters and skillfully narrates through various time periods, examining changes in the lives of the main characters. The literary style of the book is distinguished by its conciseness and precision of language, with the author adeptly working with the inner world of the characters, revealing it through dialogues and internal monologues. Strout captures the emotional and psychological aspects of life, making the book particularly poignant. A feature of the structure is that each story adds new details to the image of Olive and the world she lives in, allowing the reader to gradually piece together a complete picture from many fragments.