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Dept. of Speculation (Vintage Contemporaries) by Jenny Offill, Jenny Offill is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Dept. of Speculation (Vintage Contemporaries) about?
Dept. Of Speculation is a portrait of a marriage. It is also a beguiling rumination on the mysteries of intimacy, trust, faith, knowledge, and 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, and giddy with hopes for their future. They got married, had a child, and skated through all the small calamities of family life. But then, slowly, quietly something changes. As the years rush by, fears creep in and doubts accumulate until finally their life as they know it cracks apart and they find themselves forced to reassess what they have lost, what is left, and 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 and unambitious... a shattered novel that stabs and sparkles at the same time. It is the kind of book that you will be quoting over an
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jenny Offill, Jenny Offill
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780345806871
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.72 / 5 (20,707 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14