Nathan Englander Interview

Jesse Tisch writes for JBooks.com:

Nathan Englander is the George W. Bush of literary novelists. Like our faith-based president, he bends and melds reality to his whims. Because he avoids research—crimps the imagination—he writes the kind of set-pieces that impress readers more than fact-checkers.

So it’s not shocking that two scenes from his new book—both surgeries—are described in technical detail, but aren’t technically accurate.

“I had somebody check it, and they were like: ‘totally wrong,’” Englander recalled recently. “And I was like, in my heart it’s right; I know you’re wrong.”

So he ended up getting… a second opinion.

“This is so embarrassing to say—but I sometimes believe things have to be true if you’ve dreamed them enough.”

About Luke Ford

I've written five books (see Amazon.com). My work has been covered in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and on 60 Minutes. I teach Alexander Technique in Beverly Hills (Alexander90210.com).
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