![]() ![]() ![]() Offill transcends what could otherwise be a small-scale domestic drama by narrating it in taut, lithe vignettes and by deftly juxtaposing the mundane with the infinite. ![]() The unnamed narrator, a lecturer and author struggling to write, details in precise, devastating and often witty passages the impact of motherhood on her work, her psyche and her marriage. In a pared-back, fragmented form that acknowledges a debt to writers Anne Carson and Renata Adler, it tells the story of a woman whose marriage fractures after the birth of a daughter. of Speculation is Offill’s eloquent, compact second novel. ‘‘I flip through outdated reference books to see if anything will strike me as beautiful or momentous.’’ Offill performs this ‘‘library roulette’’ when she can’t write – which, she says, is ‘‘most of the time’’. of Speculation JENNY OFFILL Granta, $24.99 ‘‘I do a little chance operation,’’ American writer Jenny Offill told The Paris Review. ![]()
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