{"product_id":"understanding-jennifer-egan-alexander-moran-9781643362250","title":"Understanding Jennifer Egan","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Moran\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643362259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643362250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.91w x 0.47d","brand":"Alexander Moran","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944891875583,"sku":"9781643362250","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c2e08752-d385-4de9-8787-9800ad3a59f6.jpg?v=1681505589","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-jennifer-egan-alexander-moran-9781643362250","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}