The Interestings

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"Like Virginia Woolf in The Waves, Meg Wolitzer gives us the full picture here, charting her characters' lives from the self-dramatizing of adolescence, through the resignation of middle age, to the attainment of a wisdom that holds all the intensities of life in a single, sustained chord, much like this book itself. The wit, intelligence, and deep feeling of Wolitzer's writing are extraordinary, and The Interestings brings her achievement, already so steadfast and remarkable, to an even higher level." -JEFFREY EUGENIDES
PraiseforMEG WOLITZER
"At this point in her career, Meg Wolitzer deserves to be a household name." -SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Wolitzer is as precise and rigorous an observer of social status as Tom Wolfe; she is as incisive and pitiless and clear-eyed a chronicler of female-male tandems as Philip Roth or John Updike. . . . She writes about life at eye level. . . . Wolitzer is terrific at depicting the ambiguity of modern family life,... Tovább

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Praise for THE INTERESTINGS
"Like Virginia Woolf in The Waves, Meg Wolitzer gives us the full picture here, charting her characters' lives from the self-dramatizing of adolescence, through the resignation of middle age, to the attainment of a wisdom that holds all the intensities of life in a single, sustained chord, much like this book itself. The wit, intelligence, and deep feeling of Wolitzer's writing are extraordinary, and The Interestings brings her achievement, already so steadfast and remarkable, to an even higher level." -JEFFREY EUGENIDES
PraiseforMEG WOLITZER
"At this point in her career, Meg Wolitzer deserves to be a household name." -SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"Wolitzer is as precise and rigorous an observer of social status as Tom Wolfe; she is as incisive and pitiless and clear-eyed a chronicler of female-male tandems as Philip Roth or John Updike. . . . She writes about life at eye level. . . . Wolitzer is terrific at depicting the ambiguity of modern family life, its murky moral choices and thorny dilemmas."- CHICAGO TRIBUNE
"All of Wolitzer's characters are so articulate and insightful that it's a pleasure to listen to them think. . . . [Her] scenes are intensely observed and nuanced." -THE ATLANTIC
"Holds a mirror up to modern America, offering a shock of recognition amid the laughter."— PEOPLE (four stars)

A dazzling, panoramic novel about what becomes of early talent, and the roles that art, money, and envy can play even in close friendships.
THE SUMMER that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts form what seems likely to be a lifelong friendship. Decades later the bond remains, but so much else has changed. In The Interesting!, the New York Tiwzfi-bestselling author Meg Wolitzer follows her characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge.
Through adolescence, the artistic interests and abilities of these six friends have all been indulged, encouraged, and celebrated. But the kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty—not to mention age fifty—and not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. For the group of friends who met and joined together because of a shared sense of being "interesting," this is a startling and sometimes painful realization. Slowly, one by one, they must consider adjusting their expectations.
Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation as a therapist. Her friend Jonah, a gifted guitarist, puts aside music completely and becomes a mechanical engineer. In wild contrast, however, their two closest friends, now married to each other, have become shockingly successful and famous, while also remaining true to their initial artistic dreams. Ethan, a brilliant animator, has a hit TV show and franchise. His wife, Jules's best friend. Ash, has found lasting critical respect as a stage director. What's more, Ethan and Ash also now possess the means and influence that allow their artistic dreams to keep expanding. But what becomes of friendships when two of the friends reach a level of startling success and weakh, and the others do not? And what happens when the person you envy most deeply is also someone you genuinely love?
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Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the ways that class, power, art, money, success, and friendship can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a life.
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