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This week, Eleanor speaks with American novelist Jeffrey Eugenides. The author of Middlesex and The Virgin Suicides, has a brand new book - his first in almost ten years - about contemporary romance. It's called The Marriage Plot.

Eleanor Wachtel interviews Italian mediaevalist, philosopher, semiotician, and novelist Umberto Eco. They discuss his life, work, and his newest novel, Baudolino.

This week on Writers and Company, Eleanor Wachtel speaks with the Pulitzer-prize winning American writer, Jennifer Egan. Her latest novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad, is a surprising, polyphonic tour de force.