Jennifer Egan
Well, I don't think of it so much as MY naming the baby as imagining what Anna would have done. And the reason her decision felt right to me is that "Leon" is a kind of code-reference to her secret sexual life--not condoned by the culture at large--which she is not ashamed of, and which in some sense led to this child. Hope that helps, and thanks so much for reading!
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Terry McManus
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Jennifer Egan:
Hi, Jennifer. I love your writing. In The Candy House (great book!), there's a scene in which characters take a hot air balloon above the desert to view an art installation made from junk. It's similar to a scene in DeLillo's Underworld, where characters also take a balloon ride to view art made from old airplanes. Was this an homage to that scene or to the novel, or to something else entirely? Thanks!
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