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Jen Beagin

    Jen Beagin creëert verhalen gericht op personages die zich aan de rand van de maatschappij bevinden en proberen hun plek in de wereld te vinden. Haar onderscheidende stijl is zowel scherpzinnig als humoristisch, waarbij ze vaak de donkerdere aspecten van het leven met onverwachte humor verkent. Haar werken onderzoeken complexe interpersoonlijke dynamieken en het streven naar authenticiteit in een dubbelzinnige realiteit. Beagin biedt een uniek perspectief op de menselijke conditie door haar onconventionele protagonisten.

    Vacuum in the Dark
    Big Swiss
    Pretend I'm Dead
    • Big Swiss

      • 352bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      "Wild...hilarious...so good." --Cosmopolitan, Best Books of the Year * "A laugh-out-loud bad romance for Gen Xers and an ode to misfits who just want to belong." --Oprah Daily * "Always interesting...too fun to stop." --Vanity Fair "One of the funniest books of the last few years" (Los Angeles Times) about a sex therapist's transcriptionist and her affair with one of the patients. Greta lives with her friend Sabine in an ancient Dutch farmhouse in Hudson, New York. The house is unrenovated, uninsulated, and full of bees. Greta spends her days transcribing therapy sessions for a sex coach who calls himself Om. She becomes infatuated with his newest client, a repressed married woman she affectionately refers to as Big Swiss. One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss's voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware

      Big Swiss2023
      3,7
    • Vacuum in the Dark

      • 240bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen

      From the Whiting Award-winning author of Pretend I'm Dead comes a new hilarious, edgy, and brilliant one-of-a kind novel, for fans of Sally Rooney and Joshua Ferris

      Vacuum in the Dark2020
      3,6
    • Mary Karr meets Miranda July in this hilarious debut about a young woman's quest for self-acceptance and belonging

      Pretend I'm Dead2018
      3,8