Sometimes an author creates such a vivid story that it stays with you long after you turn the last page. Rebecca Makkai achieves that with her latest novel The Great Believers. In this story she weaves together elements across nearly a century of time, from 1920s Paris to 1980s Chicago and back to Paris in 2015. We had an opportunity to chat with Rebecca about what inspired The Great Believers and how she approached writing such an ambitious novel.