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| Author | Joy Williams |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
Publication date | 1988 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 288 |
Breaking and Entering is a 1988 novel by American writer Joy Williams.
Publication
The novel was published a decade after Williams' second novel, The Changeling. This gap occurred in part because of a negative review Williams received from The New York Times critic Anatole Broyard for her novel The Changeling. [1]
Reception
Critical reception
The novel received positive reviews at the time of publication, [2] and has continued to receive praise in the following decades. [3]
American author Paul Lisicky has said he "fell in love" with the book while attending graduate school and that it influenced his own novel, Lawnboy. [4]
Academic interpretation
Zoltán Abádi-Nagy, writing in the Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, grouped the novel with works by other American " minimalist" authors. These include Jay McInerney's novel Bright Lights, Big City, and Bret Easton Ellis' novel Less than Zero. [5]
References
- ^ Kois, Dan (2 September 2015). "The Misanthropic Genius of Joy Williams (Published 2015)". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Taylor, Pat Ellis (3 January 1989). "Book Review : A Dark Look at Life on the Home Front". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Boggs, Belle (9 April 2019). "The Joys of Breaking and Entering". The Paris Review. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Ripatrazone, Nick (17 March 2020). "The Vitality of Opposing Energies: The Millions Interviews Paul Lisicky". The Millions. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Abádi-Nagy, Zoltán (1995). "Plot vs. Secondary Narrative Structure In Contemporary American Minimalist Fiction". Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies. 1 (1): 143–151. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
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