{"product_id":"understanding-jennifer-egan-9781643362243","title":"Understanding Jennifer Egan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Jennifer Egan\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length study of the novelist, short-story writer, and journalist best known for the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e. Alexander Moran examines each of Egan's varied published works, analyzes how her journalism informs her fiction, excavates her literary and intellectual influences, and considers her place in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoran argues that because Egan's fiction is not easily categorized many of her novels have been underappreciated. He proposes a framework for understanding her writing centered on what it means to have, and to write, an \"authentic\" experience. In \u003ci\u003eEmerald City\u003c\/i\u003e, Egan explores the authenticity of touristic experience; in \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Circus\u003c\/i\u003e, her focus shifts to the authenticity of historical memory; in \u003ci\u003eLook at Me, The Keep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, she explores the effects of digital technology on how we understand authentic experience. In the concluding chapter, Moran discusses Egan's 2017 novel \u003ci\u003eManhattan Beach\u003c\/i\u003e as a text that explores the authenticity of history and genre while resonating with the instability of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of South Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50114120319319,"sku":"9781643362243","price":70.83,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781643362243.jpg?v=1741175542","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/understanding-jennifer-egan-9781643362243","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}