![]() ![]() ![]() And at some point I wrote a story, a short story about this desk that was published. NICOLE KRAUSS: When I started writing “Great House” I had become a mother about a year-and-a-half earlier, and one of the things I found myself writing about was this enormous desk, which for a long time I didn’t know sort of what the significance of it was. JEFFREY BROWN: This is a novel that explores what you call, the burden of inheritance. I spoke to Krauss last week while she was in Washington. “Great House” is also a finalist for the 2010 National Book Award. ![]() From a poet in Chile to a New York novelist, these characters, like those in Krauss’ last novel, “The History of Love,” tell the story of what it means to inherit something both physical and emotional. It’s a looming and inspirational antique desk, passed through different hands over generations and connecting each character in Nicole Krauss’ latest novel, “Great House.”įour narrators weave their own stories investigating the effects of loss, loneliness and deep uncertainty. ![]()
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