The work imagines what might have happened to the family that moved out of the house in the fictitious Chicago neighborhood of Clybourne Park, which is where Lorraine Hansberry's Younger clan is headed by the end of her 1959 play "A Raisin in the Sun." The play "Clybourne Park" by Bruce Norris, which examines race relations and the effects of modern gentrification, won the drama prize.
Earlier this year, she won the National Book Critics Circle prize. Her other novels include "The Invisible Circus," "Look at Me" and "The Keep."Ĭritics were especially taken with "A Visit From the Goon Squad," with its leaps across time and its experiments with format, notably a long section structured like a PowerPoint presentation. In keeping with that, Lou is not averse to sleeping with high school students, which is how, in the late 1970s, he bonds with Jocelyn, who hangs out with Bennie and the rest of his bandmates in The Flaming Dildos, a San Francisco punk band.NEW YORK - Jennifer Egan's novel "A Visit from the Goon Squad" won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction Monday, honored for its "big-hearted curiosity about cultural change at warp speed."Įgan, 48, a native of Chicago, has been highly praised for her searching and unconventional narratives about modern angst and identity. Sasha used to work for a famous music producer named Bennie, and as one story leads to another it becomes clear that Bennie was mentored by an even more famous producer named Lou, who was married a half-dozen times because he’s the kind of man whose wives come with an age-expiry date. The book opens with Sasha, a 35-year-old music industry assistant on a first date with a man who was more attractive on email.
All are linked by a common person, place or thing.The main connective tissue, at least tangibly, is music. Rather than being connected by a single character, the stories here feature multiple recurring characters, some prominent, some peripheral, some morally repugnant - among them a former high-powered publicist attempting to resurrect her career by shilling for a genocidal dictator and a runaway teen who pickpockets her once-beloved uncle. , is a collection of linked stories that don’t follow a conventional narrative structure but works beautifully because she takes chances that succeed. Jennifer Egan’s stunning fourth novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad
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