Abels timely debut is bound to draw comparisons to the interestings by meg wolitzer. Our february pick for the pbs newshour new york times book club is meg wolitzer s the wife. While wolitzers 10th novel, the female persuasion, may feel retro in size and scope, read it. This theme of selfinvention is the subject of most of the great american novels, from adventures of huckleberry finn to the house of mirth to the great gatsby. Lets just go ahead and call meg wolitzers fantastic the interestings the book of the moment. Meg wolitzers new novel explores lifechanging importance of.
The interestings is the us novelist meg wolitzers 10th book, a long novel concerning the unfolding fates of a group of friends from teenagehood to middle age. Theres nothing like a crush the allconsuming gush of obsession and excitement that shocks the system into euphoria. The editor and novelist emailed recently about wolitzers new novel the interestings, out this month from riverhead. A new york times notable book the wife is a difficult book to put down, written with wolitzers customary wit and verve. One of bestselling author meg wolitzers most beloved booksan acerbically funny entertainment weekly and intelligentportrait of deception the new york times. At its heart, the female persuasion is about the flame we all believe is flickering inside of us, waiting to be. How meg wolitzer made sure the interestings would be a big book. She is the daughter of a novelist her mother, who is named hilma wolitzer and a psychologist her father, who is named morton wolitzer, and was raised jewish. The interestings reminds readers to pause amidst their crowd of dear ones and try to imagine the farflung futures of these. The wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a worldfamous novelist, joe castleman, and his wife joan. Meg wolitzers new novel explores lifechanging importance.
Meg wolitzers new novel takes on the politics of womens. Meg wolitzers ability to take a moment, whether it be a campfire surrounded by 15yearold girls or a first kiss, and spin it out into a dozen different directions across multiple lives is the true genius of the book. Apr 21, 20 in wolitzers 2008 novel, the tenyear nap, amy lamb, another child of the e. At the same time, i really do recommend writing a novel. Meg wolitzer has 31 books on goodreads with 522356 ratings. The book represents a real step forward for wolitzer, and its success lies in its reticence. Apr 19, 2018 meg wolitzer s the female persuasion is about friendship, womanhood, ambition, and other issues that are very much of this moment. The female persuasion by meg wolitzer tackles the evolution of contemporary feminism through the experiences of fictional 20something greer and 60something faith frank. The third book by new york timesbestselling author meg wolitzer originally published as this is your life, a smart, witty and pe. Her new novel, the female persuasion, has been named a mostanticipated book of the year by time magazine, esquire, entertainment weekly, new york magazine, and more. Jul 25, 2018 meg wolitzers 12th novel bristles with contemporaneity, despite being set in the recent past.
Hayley williams on what went wrong with paramore and her new solo life. Meg wolitzers most popular book is the interestings. The female persuasions subtle, powerfully ambivalent forays into secondwave feminism, the nature and limits of cooperative action and the intersection between the political and the personal function as depth charges whose ripples continue to rock our unstable little boats. Apr 05, 20 sarah mcgrath has been editing meg wolitzer since the wife, in 2003. Meg wolitzers latest is a bildungsroman for the new feminist age, full of ambition, ego, and the power of female mentorship.
Meg wolitzer to publish a ya novel inspired by sylvia plath. Overall, i would recommend the book if you want to think about friendships and. Aug 21, 20 the interestings is the us novelist meg wolitzer s 10th book, a long novel concerning the unfolding fates of a group of friends from teenagehood to middle age. The new york times wolitzer is an irresistibly charming novelist, a keen, affectionate examiner of society. From the new york timesbestselling author of the interestings, comes an electric novel not just about who we want to be with, but who we want to be. She graduated in the year 1981 from brown university, after studying the subject of creative writing at smith college.
Sarah mcgrath has been editing meg wolitzer since the wife, in 2003. And her new novel about feminism, female power, and mentorship is almost uncannily timely. Meg wolitzer interesting the author of the acclaimed novel the interestings, now out in paperback, talks about scrabble, edith wharton, and writing without a. Meg wolitzer is an american writer, best known for the wife, the tenyear nap.
The new york post the female persuasion is the best kind of social novela brilliant book about relationships set against a backdrop of principles, movements and change. Author meg wolitzer was born on may 28, 1959 in brooklyn, new york. Wolitzers short fiction has appeared in the best american short stories and the pushcart prize. Wolitzer s short fiction has appeared in the best american short stories and the pushcart prize. If novels can be both mirrors and windows, this one was the former.
The third book by new york timesbestselling author meg wolitzer originally. Meg wolitzers novel is a timely, dynamic examination of women and power that male readers and gatekeepers should take seriously. The female persuasion is another mirror for privileged. Meg wolitzers new novel, the female persuasion, seems uncannily timely, a prescient marriage of subject and moment that addresses a. Meg wolitzer s most popular book is the interestings. Meg wolitzers 12th novel bristles with contemporaneity, despite being set in the recent past. Meg wolitzer is the new york times bestselling author of the interestings, the uncoupling, the tenyear nap, the position, and the wife. Charming and wise, knowing and witty, meg wolitzer delivers a novel about power and influence, ego and loyalty, womanhood and ambition. In this weeks fiction releases, youll find the highlyanticipated new novel from meg wolitzer, the female persuasion, as book as vivid and. Joan defiantly leaves us wanting more, whereas wolitzers other heroines left us wanting maybe a teensy. A time of firsts meg wolitzer on her new novel, the. The interestings, by meg wolitzer the new york times. A couple months ago, i opened a book to find myself staring back.
Meg and i live a block away from each other in manhattan, and the day we met to talk about questions of art, publishing, her new book, women in fiction, we ran into each other on the street, both. Apr 16, 2018 a recent profile on novelist meg wolitzer in the new york times noted that at a time when our attention is so easily splintered, wolitzer writes big, substantial, oldfashioned books that allow her characters room to breathe, change and grow into adulthood and beyond. The wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a worldfamous novelist, joe castleman, and his wife joan, and the secret theyve kept for decades. Meg wolitzers new novel is an epic exploration of friendship, comingofage, talent and success. In wolitzers 2008 novel, the tenyear nap, amy lamb, another child of the e. A recent profile on novelist meg wolitzer in the new york times noted that at a time when our attention is so easily splintered, wolitzer writes big, substantial, oldfashioned books that allow her characters room to breathe, change and grow into adulthood and beyond. Deft and passionate, it raises questions about misguided aims and the deals we make with ourselves and others to reach them. Wolitzer tackles a litany of timely topics, from unwanted sexual advances to the underrepresentation of women in film to gamergatetype abuse. In meg wolitzers hotly anticipated the female persuasion, a remarkably timely novel about the work of feminism and mentorship out on tuesday, i saw the story of my own life. To him, i would recommend the wife, wolitzers 2003 novel about a talented writer forced to abandon her creative life to minister to her. The editor and novelist emailed recently about wolitzers new novel the interestings. Apr 02, 2018 in this weeks fiction releases, youll find the highlyanticipated new novel from meg wolitzer, the female persuasion, as book as vivid and complex as its kaleidoscopic cover, as well as two very. The optimistic decade follows five characters in reaganera. The early novel that established meg wolitzers career, later made into nora ephrons first film as a director.
The interestings follows six artistic friends who meet as teenagers one pivotal summer at a camp. Jan 15, 2015 wolitzer nailed what its like to live with this type of person, as i know from personal experience since my father grew up in the same type of household with similar results. Meg wolitzer books list of books by author meg wolitzer. A powerful comingofage story that looks at ambition, friendship, identity, desire, and power from the muchneeded female lens. Meg wolitzer s ability to take a moment, whether it be a campfire surrounded by 15yearold girls or a first kiss, and spin it out into a dozen different directions across multiple lives is the true genius of the book. Now a major motion picture starring glenn close in her golden globewinning role. Meg wolitzer, in the female persuasion, mentions steinem briefly as someone far senior, in terms of fame and impact, to the books similarly famous. She is also the author of the young adult novel belzhar. In september 20, along with singersongwriter suzzy roche, she was the. Lastly and possibly somewhat oddly and you may wonder why, as it could not be the book as a whole but some of the stories within certainly resonate you should also take a look at revenge of the lawn by richard brautigan, particularly coffee. Enveloping and thoughtful, wolitzers novel describes this process in a fresh and forgiving way. Wolitzer joins jeffrey brown for a book conversation.
From the bestselling author of the wifemeg wolitzers hilariously moving. From the bestselling author of the wifemeg wolitzers hilariously moving, sharply written novel usa today, hailed by critics and loved by readers worldwide, with its deadon observations about sex, marriage, and the family ties that strangle and bind cleveland plain dealer. Meg wolitzer interesting the author of the acclaimed novel the interestings, now out in paperback, talks about scrabble, edith wharton, and writing without a desk. Apr 18, 20 the interestings, the new novel by meg wolitzer, arrives with an endorsement from the estimable author of the marriage plot and middlesex, stating that, like virginia woolf in. Since then, shes written several more novels, as well as short stories and screenplays, and has taught writing at the university of iowa writers workshop and skidmore college. The third book by new york timesbestselling author meg wolitzer originally published as this is your life, a smart, witty and perceptive novel about the daughters of a female standup comic who watch as their mother struggles to balance her career with the needs of her children.
Meg wolitzer, bestselling author of the interestings one of our best books of 20, has a new novel coming from riverhead books on april 3, 2018 a story of women and power that promises to be charming and wise, the female persuasion centers on the relationship between a highpowered leader of the womens movement and her shy, young. It is a significant contribution to wolitzers body of work. The interestings, the new novel by meg wolitzer, arrives with an endorsement from the estimable author of the marriage plot and middlesex, stating that, like virginia woolf in. Conversation between the interestings writer meg wolitzer. Meg wolitzer the female persuasion trade paperback. From the new york timesbestselling author of the tenyear nap, a funny, provocative, revealing novel about female desire. Meg wolitzer is the new york timesbestselling author of the interestings, the uncoupling, the tenyear nap, the position, the wife, and sleepwalking.
Apr 20, 2003 the book represents a real step forward for wolitzer, and its success lies in its reticence. Meg wolitzer s 12th novel begins with a campus assault that leads to a protest that leads to an intergenerational feminist debate that takes a turn for the toxic. She is also the author of a novel for young readers, the fingertips of duncan dorfman. We often read about romantic infatuation, but in the female persuasion, meg wolitzer sets her sights on another kind female friendship and mentorship, and the craving to be heard and admired by the one you admire. The interestings, by meg wolitzer the washington post. Meg wolitzers the female persuasion is about friendship, womanhood, ambition, and other issues that are very much of this moment. Meg wolitzer rides the feminist waves the new yorker. Enveloping and thoughtful, wolitzer s novel describes this process in a fresh and forgiving way. Apr 03, 20 meg wolitzer s new novel is an epic exploration of friendship, comingofage, talent and success. Not one to dally, meg wolitzer graduated from brown university in 1981 and published her debut novel, sleepwalking, the following year. The female persuasion is the sort of book that comes along in too few authors careersone that makes the writers intellectual project snap into sharp focus, and with it, the case that their artistry is not merely enjoyable but truly important. Wolitzer nailed what its like to live with this type of person, as i know from personal experience since my father grew up in the same type of household with similar results. Become a member of the book club by joining our facebook group, or by signing up to our. Joan defiantly leaves us wanting more, whereas wolitzer s other heroines left us wanting maybe a teensy.
Why now may finally be meg wolitzers moment the new york. She is also the author of the young adult novel, belzhar. Mar 25, 2014 the early novel that established meg wolitzer s career, later made into nora ephrons first film as a director. Jul 10, 2018 a new york times notable book the wife is a difficult book to put down, written with wolitzer s customary wit and verve. Crackling with intelligence and humor, the position is the masterful story of one. While wolitzers 10th novel, the female persuasion, may feel retro in.
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