Six Years Ago, Jennifer Egan Won The Pulitzer For An Unconventional Novel, But She's Changed Her Ways

Why is her new, 400-page historical novel a linear piece, complete with a heroine in the Brooklyn Navy Yards during WWII? The author says that's just the way it worked, and her writing group agreed: "There’s nothing inherently exciting about any narrative move: it’s only exciting if it works, and if it couldn’t be done any other way. Everything else is gimmickry."

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