The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Since he was a child, Henry has had the ability to travel through time, but he cannot control when he disappears or where he goes. He falls in love with and marries Clare, who he first met when he appeared in her family’s meadow when she was six, but in spite of their love for each other, his constant and unpredictable disappearances are difficult for both of them. The Time Traveler’s Wife is Audrey Niffenegger’s first novel, and was adapted into a film starring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana in 2009.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: BrightSummaries.com
• Release date: May 20, 2019
• ISBN: 9782808019446

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AMERICAN ARTIST, NOVELIST AND PROFESSOR

Born in South Haven, Michigan, USA in 1963.

Notable works:

Her Fearful Symmetry (2009), novel

The Night Bookmobile (2010), graphic novel

Bizarre Romance (2018), [illustrated by Eddie Campbell], graphic novel

Audrey Niffenegger trained as a visual artist at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 1991 received her MFA from Northwestern University’s Department of Art Theory and Practice. She has exhibited her artist’s books, prints, paintings drawings and comics at the Printworks Gallery in Chicago since 1987. In 2013, a retrospective of her work opened at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. Her first books, The Adventuress and The Three Incestuous Sisters, were printed and bound by hand, in editions of ten. She taught book arts for many years as an Associate Professor on Columbia College’s MFA programme and was a Professor of Creative Writing at Columbia College up until 2015. The Time Traveler’s Wife was her first novel and became an international bestseller. In 2009 it was made into a feature film. Audrey Niffenegger is married to the artist Eddie Campbell, with whom she produced her graphic novel, Bizarre Romance.

NOVEL

Genre: novel

Reference edition: Niffenegger, A. (2005) The Time Traveler’s Wife. London: Vintage.

1stedition: 2003

Themes: love, loss, music, art, literature, philosophy

The Time Traveler’s Wife is a love story with a difference. Henry suffers