Author: Jenny Offill
Book title: Dept. of Speculation
No. of braille volumes: 2
No. of pages in braille issue: 238
Publisher of the book in black print: Booka
Place and year of publishing: Belgrade, 2020
No. of pages in black print: 149
About the book:
They used to correspond, and the sender’s address was always the same: Department of Speculation. Once upon a time, they were young, brave and trembling with anticipation of what the future holds. They got married, had a child, and overcame all the petty struggles of family life. But then, slowly and quietly, something began to change. Years pass, fear creeps into their bones and doubts pile up, until at one point their life together simply falls apart, after which they have to take stock and figure out what they lost, what is left and what they want. Written with the wondrous lucidity of poetry, the novel Dept. of Speculation slides along the jagged edges of contemporary marriage, telling a story that is at once darkly amusing, surprising, and wise.
In this novel, the renowned author offers us a simple but enchanting account of a marriage – a drinkable reflection on the mysteries of closeness, trust, faith, knowledge and the state of universal disintegration that we all have in common.