Oasis [Paperback]

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Counterpoint (2006)
• ASIN: B000VBEL8K
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

More About the Author

Laureen Vonnegut is an American writer living between Mexico and Romania. She has lived in London, California, Bulgaria and Hungary. She enjoys traveling, running, and harassing the Bucharest street dogs.

Her latest novel, TWIN LIES, was released June 2011. Her previous novel, OASIS, was published by literary press Counterpoint/ Perseus Books.

She directed a series of video readings of OASIS which can be seen on YOUTUBE or METACAFE.COM. She has also written several and directed several short films: STUFF THAT BEAR!, CUCKOO AND ICE CREAM and DON'T SAY 'I LOVE YOU'.

In the United States she has had over a dozen short stories published in five different states. In the UK, she has had a short story in the VIRAGO anthology: THE NERVE - BOOK OF WRITING WOMEN and two excerpts from her novel HANDS DO LIE. In addition to a short story in STAPLE magazine and a script, CROTCH PIT, published in EM3 magazine. She was shortlisted for the Ian St James Award.

Her short film called STUFF THAT BEAR, was directed by Bruno Coppola. The film was opened at the Cannes Film Festival and showed in more than 70 festivals worldwide, winning 15 awards, in addition to accreditation for the Academy Awards.

Her next project is a theater play called, THE PORCINI TEST.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great first novel, November 16, 2006

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Mary Grul (forestville, ca.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oasis: A Novel (Hardcover)

laureen vonnegut writes in a sparse but engaging style delivering a story that is gripping, slightly surreal (camel transport and a sassy red skirts co-exist and desert dwellers in burkas speak in american slang), and peppered with dry humor ( a large woman is described as "a mosque unto herself"). adventure, mystery and socio-political comment in a true page-turner - it kept me up most of the night.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book me a flight, November 15, 2006

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TheUgliest (Istanbul, Turkey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oasis: A Novel (Hardcover)

Oasis brings together a bizarre group of characters centered around a lovely but distressed Russian girl who only seeks to die for the third time. The writing is beautiful and artful, and the images conjured up stick with you long after you put down the book. Despite the evident living hell of the Western Saharan desert, the book makes the reader want to visit, if only to run into the group of peculiar misfits depicted in the book. The reality of Cannery Row always let me down in that respect, but maybe this place is worth the trip?

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative author and amazing story!, November 14, 2006

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Kimcita (San Salvador, El Salvador) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oasis: A Novel (Hardcover)

This was a riveting page-turner filled with mysterious characters, interesting geographic lore and beautifully chosen words. I could not leave my seat once I started reading this book.