Jane Smiley on Private Life

Private Life

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley’s new novel Private Life traverses the intimate landscape of one woman’s life from the 1880s to World War II.

Its themes were inspired by the life of her great-uncle, the astronomer Thomas See, who was discredited for his controversial theories.

Read the full interview at metro.co.uk.

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Jane Smiley is the critically-acclaimed author of novels including A Thousand Acres,  Horse Heaven and Ten Days in the Hills. Her children’s novel Nobody’s Horse is published in June.

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