Her new book is Kant's Little Prussian Head and Other Reasons Why I Write, an autobiography in essays.
At The Week magazine Messud tagged six works by masters of interiority, including:
Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck (2015).Read about the other entries on the list.
This novel, about a retired classics professor and his engagement with a group of African refugees in Berlin, is extraordinary — in the exploration of this character's complexity, his conscious efforts to connect, and the limitations of his education and temperament. Like [Alice] Munro, Erpenbeck is profoundly wise and honest.
--Marshal Zeringue
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