Anne Tyler expresses her surprise at the publication of her 25th novel, 'Three Days in June,' a romantic comedy about a mismatched couple. Despite facing criticism regarding the simplicity of her works, she remains undeterred, focusing on the everyday life experiences of her characters. At 83, Tyler embraces her rural surroundings in a Quaker retirement community, linked to her parents, and maintains a humorous and relaxed attitude toward aging. Her past novels are hailed as warm reflections on middle-class life, revealing her continuous appeal to a devoted readership over 60 years.
'I like to say there are more deer here than people,' she jokes of her rural surroundings. And I don't feel any older living here than I did before.
How we handle day-to-day life as we go through it, with its disappointments and its pleasures, that's all I want to know,' she says.
The seriousness of Tyler's fiction, which includes much-loved novels Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, has bothered critics for decades.
The author herself couldn't give two hoots. Unswayed by literary fashion or criticism, she has been writing the novels that interest her.
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