![]() ![]() Luckily for us, though, she didn’t give up. She escaped often into her research to avoid the actual writing. ![]() But this power hasn’t always seemed so obvious to Jennifer herself.īy her own telling, Manhattan Beach was 15 years in the making – and she almost abandoned it several times after being ‘nauseated’ and ‘despairing’ after re-reading her first few ‘unspeakable,’ ‘bad’ drafts. A novel already taking root as a classic for future generations of readers. Just when she had us all lulled into a false sense of insecurity, predicting the future while merrily breaking literary norms along the way, she surprises us with a historical novel. This breathless review is a testimony, of course, to the uncanny breadth, depth and disruptiveness of Egan’s ability as a writer. ‘Is there anything Jennifer Egan can’t do?’ So begins The New York Times Book Review of Manhattan Beach. Hollis Kurman – Introduction to Jennifer Egan ![]()
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