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Dept. of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, & the condition of the universal shipwreck that unites us all."Offill is a smart writer with a canny sense of pacing; just when you want to abandon the fragmented puzzle pieces of the novel, she reveals a moment of breathtaking tenderness ... " — Roxane Gay, The New York Times Book ReviewThey used to send each other letters. The return address was always the same: Dept. of Speculation. They used to be young, brave, & giddy with hopes for their future. They got married, had a child, & skated through all the small calamities of family life. But then, slowly, quietly something changes. As the years rush by, fears creep in & doubts accumulate until finally their life as they know it cracks apart & they find themselves forced to reassess what they have lost, what is left, & what they want now."A book this sad shouldn't be so much fun to read ... a riposte to the notion that domestic fiction is humdrum & unambitious... a shattered novel that stabs & sparkles at the same time. It is the kind of book that you will be quoting over & over to friends who

Who reads Dept. of Speculation?

Author

Jenny Offill, Jenny Offill

Publisher

Alfred A Knopf, Borzoi Books, Penguin Random House

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385351027

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.72 / 5 (20,707 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14