And what's more, Jeffrey Eugenides will be reading from and discussing his new book at Book Passage on Saturday, October 15th at 4 pm. It's a rare West Coast appearance by the celebrated author, and an event not to be missed.
It's the early 1980s — the country is in a deep recession (sound familiar), and life after college is harder than ever. In the cafes on College Hill, the wised-up kids are inhaling Derrida and listening to the Talking Heads
Are the great love stories of the nineteenth century dead? Or can there
be a new story, written for today and alive to the realities of
feminism, sexual freedom, pre-nups, and divorce? With devastating wit and
an abiding understanding of and affection for his characters, Jeffrey
Eugenides revives the motivating energies of the novel, while creating a
story so contemporary and fresh that it reads like the intimate journal
of our own lives.About the Author
Jeffrey Eugenides grew up in metro Detroit and attended Brown and Stanford Universities. His first novel, The Virgin Suicides, was published by FSG to great acclaim in 1993. He has received numerous awards for his work. In 2003, Eugenides received the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Middlesex (FSG, 2002), which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, and France’s Prix Médicis.blogged by thomas gladysz
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