Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Sobre o livro

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is a 1987 novel by American author Fannie Flagg. Set in Alabama, it weaves together the past and the present through the blossoming friendship between Evelyn Couch, a middle-aged housewife, and Ninny Threadgoode, an elderly woman who lives in a nursing home. Every week Evelyn visits Ninny, who recounts stories of her youth in Whistle Stop, Alabama, where her sister-in-law, Idgie, and her friend, Ruth, ran a café. These stories, along with Ninny's friendship, enable Evelyn to begin a new, satisfying life while allowing the people and stories of Ninny's youth to live on. The book explores themes of family, aging, lesbianism, and the dehumanizing effects of racism on both black and white people. It was adapted as a feature film, Fried Green Tomatoes, which was released in 1991.

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As fontes têm média 8,2 em 282 avaliações — ainda poucas, então o voto dos leitores carrega 61% do peso e o restante puxa para a média de Ficção contemporânea, 7,6. É assim que sai 8,0.

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