The shelves in the writing room of Jennifer Egan's Brooklyn home are filled with books that she "steeps" herself in while deciding what she will write next. Egan, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of ...
As part of its recent “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” project, The New York Times Book Review is interviewing some of the authors whose books appeared on the list. This week, Jennifer Egan joins ...
Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad included a science-fictional section set in the future — and won the Pulitzer Prize. And her Twitter story “Black Box” was the best thing in the New ...
Berkshire Eagle: Author Jennifer Egan thinks of her novels 'A Visit From The Goon Squad' and 'The Candy House' as concept albums
EGAN: Yes, absolutely, both of those books were about time, although both take a very different approach to it. Proust was almost creating a kind of real time experience of time passing. I had read ...
Author Jennifer Egan thinks of her novels 'A Visit From The Goon Squad' and 'The Candy House' as concept albums
Jennifer Egan’s A Visit From The Goon Squad (Knopf; 274 pages) is a singular work of fiction in both senses of the word. It’s as if the author has taken an epic novel covering five decades and ...
Visit from the Goon Squad is "odd" (as author Jennifer Egan says) in the most fabulous and entertaining ways. Here's more from Jennifer about she created-and broke-rules for writing this poignant and ...
The New York Times: Jennifer Egan Looks Back at ‘A Visit From the Goon Squad’