The novel ultimately reveals time’s comical and relentless changes at work on children and adults of several generations. In this complex gothic mystery, Egan investigated how confinement (physical or psychological), imagination, and the past affect people in different ways.Įgan’s next novel was A Visit from the Goon Squad, which follows the life of a record producer as well as a number of other characters, covers several decades, is told from different points of view, and does not follow a linear or chronological order.
She took a new direction with The Keep (2006), the story of an inmate in a prison writing workshop who is revealing the tale of two cousins reunited after years apart to renovate a castle in Europe. The book was a National Book Award finalist. In her second novel, Look at Me (2001)-a story about a model whose face needs to be rebuilt after she is injured in an automobile accident-Egan explored the themes of identity and reality in a world driven by consumerism. Her short-story collection Emerald City (1996) was also inspired by her European travels. Her excursions were reflected in her first novel, The Invisible Circus (1995 film 2001), which tells the story of a girl who travels through Europe, tracing the footsteps of her dead sister. During this period she also visited different locales in Europe. She attended the University of Pennsylvania and then went to England to study at St. Jennifer Egan, (born September 6, 1962, Chicago, Illinois), American novelist and short-story writer whose diverse works garnered great critical acclaim.Įgan was born in Chicago but grew up in San Francisco.
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