Jennifer egan born september 7, 1962 is an american novelist and short story writer. On one hand, the novel provides a fascinating look at the real world of fashion modeling, a subject egan has treated in her short story collection emerald city and other stories 1996. Oct 21, 2015 jennifer egan is the author of the invisible circus, which was released as a feature film by fine line in 2001, emerald city and other stories, look at me, which was nominated for the national book award in 2001, and the bestselling the keep. Bookclubinabox presents the discussion companion for. To ask other readers questions about emerald city, please sign up.
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