The Keep (Jennifer Egan novel)
Encyclopedia
The Keep is a novel by Jennifer Egan
which became a National Bestseller, a New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle
Notable Book, and a Chicago Tribune
, Kansas City Star, and Rocky Mountain News
Best Book of the Year. The Keep is a story about two cousins involved in a haunting business venture that evokes a horrifying tale from their past.
. Ehren Kruger
wrote the screenplay and will co-produce the film with Daniel Bobker and Matthew Stillman. Niels Arden Oplev
has been hired to direct the film.
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is an American novelist and short story writer who lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Egan's novel A Visit From the Goon Squad won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction....
which became a National Bestseller, a New York Times and San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
Notable Book, and a Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
, Kansas City Star, and Rocky Mountain News
Rocky Mountain News
The Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427...
Best Book of the Year. The Keep is a story about two cousins involved in a haunting business venture that evokes a horrifying tale from their past.
Characters
- Danny, the protagonistProtagonistA protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
- Howard/Howie, Danny's cousin
- Ann, Howard's wife
- Benjy, Howard and Ann's son
- Mick, Howard's right hand man
- Nora, a student helper
- Martha, Danny's ex-girlfriend
- Steve, a hired helper and friend
- Baroness von Ausblinker, woman refusing to leave the family castle
- Ray, the man writing this story from jail
- Holly, writing teacher for the inmates
- Tom-Tom, Quince, Hamsam, Mel, Cherry, Allan Beard, Sanchez, inmates in the writing class
- Davis, Ray's cell mate
Film
An adaptation of the novel is in development at CBS FilmsCBS Films
CBS Films is an American film production company founded in 2007, a feature film division of CBS Corporation. CBS Films is located on Wilshire Boulevard in West Los Angeles.-Company history:...
. Ehren Kruger
Ehren Kruger
-Life and career:Kruger was raised in Alexandria, Virginia, and attended college at New York University. He attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, graduating in 1990....
wrote the screenplay and will co-produce the film with Daniel Bobker and Matthew Stillman. Niels Arden Oplev
Niels Arden Oplev
Niels Arden Oplev is a writer-director from Denmark.-Biography:He directed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the film based on Stieg Larsson's novel of the same title and won critical acclaim internationally. Oplev decided to not continue directing the second and third parts of the Millennium...
has been hired to direct the film.
Sources
- Hoffert, Barbara. “Prepub Alert.” Review of The Keep, by Jennifer Egan. Library Journal Book Review, April 1, 2006.
- Jennifer Egan dot com. “Jennifer Egan: The Keep.” http://www.jenniferegan.com/ (accessed September 23, 2008)
- WorldCat Detailed Record. “Egan, Jennifer. The Keep.” First Search: WorldCat Detailed Record.(accessed September 23, 2008)