Why people recommend it
Last Things by Jenny Offill is a poignant debut novel that follows a young girl trying to make sense of her parents' crumbling marriage through the lens of art and science. On The Book Review podcast in an episode titled Leslie Jamison on Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ released on July 18, 2024, Gilbert Cruz discussed Jenny Offill's bibliography, noting that her third novel was preceded by Last Things, after which it took her fifteen years to write her next book. Later, on the same podcast during an episode titled Inside The New York Times Book Review: ‘I Contain Multitudes’ released on July 18, 2024, Greg Cole discussed discovering and reading Jenny Offill's first novel at a bookstore located in Nantucket. These mentions highlighted the lasting curiosity surrounding the author's early literary beginnings and the careful, deliberate pacing of her writing career, which generated significant literary acclaim and devoted readership as she gradually released subsequent works over the following decades.
Who recommended it
- Gilbert Cruz Discussed
- Greg Cole Discussed
Gilbert Cruz — 1 mention
“this book weather is her third novel her first was last things and then it took her 15 years to write her next book”
Greg Cole — 1 mention
“it's called Blast things”