Jonathan Lethem Quote

Her fiercest sincerities were translated by the male ego, on arrival, into daffy flirtation. (p. 24)

Jonathan Lethem

Her fiercest sincerities were translated by the male ego, on arrival, into daffy flirtation. (p. 24)

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About Jonathan Lethem

Jonathan Allen Lethem (; born February 19, 1964) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. His first novel, Gun, with Occasional Music, a genre work that mixed elements of science fiction and detective fiction, was published in 1994. In 1999, Lethem published Motherless Brooklyn, a National Book Critics Circle Award-winning novel that achieved mainstream success. In 2003, he published The Fortress of Solitude, which became a New York Times Best Seller. In 2005, he received a MacArthur Fellowship. Since 2011, he has taught creative writing at Pomona College.