Meg wolitzer is so funny and clever she should be bottled and sold as tonic, allison pearson a triumph of tone and observation, the wife is a blithe, brilliant take on sexual politics, lorrie moore hilarious and touching, erica wagner, the times with a great lightness of touch, wolitzer s novel satirises american literary circles of the seventies and eighties and traces the generation of wives. The wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a worldfamous novelist, joe castleman, and his wife joan, and the secret theyve kept for decades. Adam gopnik the wife of the wife is a brilliantly conceived character, smart and foolish, toughminded and weakwilled, witty and profoundly sad. So opens meg wolitzers compelling and provocative novel the wife, as joan castleman sits beside her husband on their flight to helsinki. Summary the moment i decided to leave him, the moment i thought, enough, we were thirtyfive thousand feet above the ocean, hurtling forward but giving the illusion of stillness and tranquility. The wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a worldfamous novelist, joe castleman, and his wife joan, and the secret theyve. Meg wolitzer is the author of several acclaimed novels, most recently the. Meg wolitzer, author of our february pick for the newshournew york times book club, now read this, joins jeffrey brown to answer reader.
The wife is an acerbic and astonishing take on a marriage from its public face to the private world behind closed doors. An older man, a writer and professor, becomes fascinated with one of his students at smith college, and after seeing how well she writes, and that he is attracted to her, never mind that he is married and a new father. Now a major motion picture starring glenn close in her golden globewinning role. Now a major motion picture starring glenn close in her golden globe winning role. The wife book by meg wolitzer official publisher page. She graduated in the year 1981 from brown university, after studying the subject of creative writing at smith college. Yet in the wife, meg wolitzer has fashioned a lightstepping, streamlined novel from just these dolorous, bittersounding themes. Written more than 10 years ago, it is still very timely. Wolitzer has masterfully created an expose of lives lived in partnership and the truth that behind the compromises, dedication and promise inherent in marriage there so often lies a secret. The wife author meg wolitzer answers your questions. One of bestselling author meg wolitzer s most beloved books an acerbically funny entertainment weekly and intelligent. Meg wolitzer will be appearing at the edinburgh international books festival on august. Author meg wolitzer was born on may 28, 1959 in brooklyn, new york.
A recipient of a pushcart prize, whose short fiction has also appeared in the best american short stories, she is a frequent contributor to the public radio show the next big thing. Jeffrey brown talks to meg wolitzer, the author of more than a dozen novels, including the wife, this months pick for now read this. April 14, 2003 fortyfive years of a bad marriage laid out in pat detail, by the author, most recently, of surrender dorothy 1999. Our february pick for the pbs newshour new york times book club is meg wolitzer s the wife. The wife is a very enthralling psychological thriller that will make you want to reread it just to see what clues the author had given you before she surprises you with such an original ending. One of bestselling author meg wolitzers most beloved booksan. The wife is a story of the power dynamics of marriage as told from joan castlemans perspective. The wife is a milestone in the career of one of her generations truest novelists.
Runge and written by jane anderson, based on the novel of the same name by meg wolitzer. Meg wolitzer on the wife, the oscars and whats next time. In meg wolitzer s latest novel, the uncoupling, as in aristophanes lysistrata, every woman, from those on the threshold of sexual awakening to those for whom sex is just a. I have read the female persuasion by meg wolitzer previously and gave it a 2 out of 5 rating but i approached the wife with an open mind.
The wife author meg wolitzer answers your questions pbs. This article contains affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if. Meg wolitzer s most popular book is the interestings. Meg wolitzer s 12th novel begins with a campus assault that leads to a protest that leads to an intergenerational feminist debate that takes a turn for the toxic. She is the daughter of a novelist her mother, who is named hilma wolitzer and a psychologist her father, who is named morton wolitzer, and was raised jewish. Joan, a stillstriking 64yearold woman, observes her husband, the short, woundup, slackbellied famous novelist joe castleman, as he lolls in his seat and accepts the treats and. The wife by meg wolitzer meet your next favorite book. She works as an instructor in the mfa program at stony brook southampton.
Wolitzer deploys a calm, seamless humor not found in her previous novels. Meg wolitzer s novel the wife is a memoir that tells about the life of joan castleman. Meg wolitzers highly praised books include sleepwalking, this is your life, and surrender, dorothy. Meg wolitzer has 31 books on goodreads with 522356 ratings. This important book introduces another side of a writer we thought we knew. Meg wolitzer s 12th novel bristles with contemporaneity, despite being set in the recent past. And meg wolitzer s observations about gender and creativity. Wolitzer sold her first novel while still a senior at brown university, published more books since then and married another author, the nonfiction writer richard panek. The wife is a story of the power dynamics of marriage as told from joan castleman s perspective. Meg wolitzers new novel takes on the politics of womens. Become a member of the book club by joining our facebook group, or by signing up to. Never before has she written so feverishly, so courageously. The washington post to say that the wife is wolitzers most ambitious novel to date is an understatement. Our february pick for the pbs newshournew york times book club is meg wolitzer s the wife.
Wolitzer sleepwalking opens her latest tale in the firstclass cabin of an airplane. T he female persuasion is meg wolitzer s 12th novel and it is deft and funny, with the kind of sweep that one has come to expect from the author of the wife and the interestings, two of her. One of bestselling author meg wolitzers most beloved booksan acerbically funny entertainment weekly and intelligentportrait of deception the new york times. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide. This study guide consists of approximately 35 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of the wife. I watched the excellent film adaptation of the wife by meg wolitzer recently currently available to stream on netflix in the uk and still had.
The book represents a real step forward for wolitzer, and its success lies in its reticence. Buy meg wolitzer ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. The interestings is the us novelist meg wolitzer s 10th book, a long novel concerning the unfolding fates of a group of friends from teenagehood to middle age. From the bestselling author of the wife meg wolitzer s hilariously moving, sharply written novel usa today, hailed by critics and loved by readers worldwide, with its deadon observations about sex, marriage, and the family ties that. Meg wolitzer is the new york times bestselling author of the interestings, the uncoupling, the tenyear nap, the position, the wife, and sleepwalking. Joan was a talented writer in college and gave it all up to support her less talented, but extremely successful husband in his writing endeavors. Meg wolitzer born may 28, 1959 is an american novelist, known for the wife, the tenyear nap, the uncoupling, the interestings, and the female persuasion. Wolitzer, at that point the author of ten novels, had recently been asked by a male guest at a. Discussion questions for the wife the new york times. She lives in new york city with her husband and two sons. She is also the author of the young adult novel belzhar. The novel opens just as joe is about to receive a prestigious international award, the helsinki prize, to honor his career as one of americas. Told through the perspective of joan, the wife of famous american author joseph joe castleman, the book.
Discover the critically acclaimed novel behind glenn closes oscar nominated performance kindle edition by meg wolitzer. Meg wolitzer is the new york timesbestselling author of the interestings, the uncoupling, the tenyear nap, the position, the wife, and sleepwalking. Read the wife a novel by meg wolitzer available from rakuten kobo. It stars glenn close, jonathan pryce, and christian slater, and follows a woman who questions her life choices as she travels to stockholm with her husband, who is set to receive the nobel prize in literature the film premiered on september 12, 2017, at. I applaud meg wolitzer for creating such an insightful and creative twist to the universal topic of marriage. The wifeis the story of the long and stormy marriage between a worldfamous novelist, joe castleman, and his wife joan, and the secret theyve kept for decades. She is also the author of the young adult novel, belzhar. I had no real expectations with this book, in fact i barely even knew what it was about. Meg wolitzer rides the feminist waves the new yorker. The wife ebook by meg wolitzer 9781416584889 rakuten kobo.
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