Anne Enright's Reading List

“Somewhere outdoors in the sunshine, with a walk afterwards,” says the Booker-winning author of “Actress” and other books. “I am not as interested in what people say as in where they look.”

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By the Book: Anne Enright (2020)

NYT By the Book column (2020-03-05).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Wife's Tale

Aida Edemariam · Buy on Amazon

"The Wife's Tale is an account of her Ethiopian grandmother's life by Aida Edemariam that came out a couple of years ago and refused to leave my paperback pile until I picked it up, and I was very glad I did."

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley · Buy on Amazon

"What a mad novel. It was held true, however, by its fierce metaphysics and by the wonderfully contradictory figure of the monster. This is a classic that would never have survived a creative writing workshop."

Envy and Gratitude

Melanie Klein · Buy on Amazon

"A key book for me was Envy and Gratitude, by Melanie Klein — perhaps, because she was a woman writing in psychoanalysis, Klein captured something I found telling about the connection between a baby and its mother."

Beloved

Toni Morrison · 1987 · Buy on Amazon

"The most amazing iteration of these difficulties and mysteries is in Beloved, by Toni Morrison."

My Name Is Lucy Barton

Elizabeth Strout · Buy on Amazon

"More recently I also like My Name Is Lucy Barton, by Elizabeth Strout."

Where Reasons End

Yiyun Li · Buy on Amazon

"Suddenly, I can't leave a book out of my hand. This happened most recently with Where Reasons End, by Yiyun Li."

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