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Did you ever notice how there are a lot of younger novelists named Jonathan (Ames, Safron Foer, Lethem)? You'd think at least one would could by John or Johnny. Johnny Franzen famously pissed off Oprah when promoting this book. Some might call this one of the 00's great novels. Some would be wrong. Sure, Franzen's a skilled writer, but he's working territory that is familiar to readers of Yates, Updike and Cheever, which makes him feel a bit old fashioned. Plus he seems incapable of creating a sympathetic character. The overall feeling this creates is contempt. I also would've had a character say "I've got something you can correct!"
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The Corrections is one of the few books which made me want to find out what the guy wrote next, which is Freedom, waht a crap title. But I will be buying. The Corrections has one really naff section, where it turns into a stupid farce about post-Soviet Lithuania and gangsters and stuff, really bad. Otherwise I thought it was tough, tender, relentless even, but sadly, full of interesting verbs.
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A wonderful meditation on family and a wonderful use of metaphor.
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I tried to like this book but ultimately found it tedious and had difficulty forcing myself to finish it. It has its witty moments and makes many inciteful comments on our society but was heavy handed and slow moving in many parts.
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ISBN:
9780312421274
Binding:
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Publication date:
09/01/2002
Publisher:
MACMILLAN PUBLISHING SERVICES
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Recent Picador Highlights
Pages:
576
Height:
1.10IN
Width:
5.40IN
Thickness:
1.25
Series:
Recent Picador Highlights
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Copyright Year:
2002
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02-4128
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Jonathan Franzen
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