'Ferocious and Violent: The Millions Interviews Rachel Yoder'. ^ 'Announcing The 2015 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Winner | The PEN/Faulkner Foundation'.If you liked Alexis Smith’s Glaciers, you’ll be sure to love Dept. While there’s not much in the way of actual plot, the observations and thought throughout is more than enough to keep the pages turning. of Speculation – the underdog persona's not going to fly any more'. Jenny Offill’s tiny novel is masterfully written and beautifully told. ' 'Speculation' Shows Good Stories Come In Small Packages, Too'. ^ a b Wolitzer, Meg (23 January 2014).

'How Much Could Be Left Unsaid: An Interview with Jenny Offill'. ^ a b 'In Fragments Of A Marriage, Familiar Themes Get Experimental'.Influence Ī passage in the novel influenced Rachel Yoder's novel Nightbitch. The novel was included on the New York Times' list of the best books of 2014. of Speculation was shortlisted for 2015 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the Folio Prize. Offill has said she did not anticipate the book's success. In her review of the book, published by NPR, Meg Wolitzer praised the novel as ' intriguing, beautifully written, sly and often profound'. The novel has been compared to Renata Adler's 1976 book Speedboat. Reception Critical reception Īccording to literary review aggregator Book Marks, the book received mostly 'Rave' and reviews, with some less positive reception. of Speculation eschews a typical plot, which Offill has said was deliberate. of Speculation ' came from the ashes of another book'. Though not purely autobiographical, the novel draws from Offill's life. The novel received positive reviews, and has been compared to Offill's later work, Weather. of Speculation is a 2014 novel by American author Jenny Offill.

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