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The Corrections

The Corrections

by JonathanFranzen (Author)

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    Hardcover 2001

    $4.23

  • Used

    Hardcover 2001

    $4.24
Synopsis

This novel about the Lambert family brings an old-time America of industrialism and civic duty, of Cub Scouts, Christmas cookies and sexual inhibitions, into collision with the modern absurdities of brain science, home surveillance, hands-off parenting, and do-it yourself mental healthcare.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 576
 Edition: First Edition
 Publisher: Fourth Estate
Published: 13 Nov 2001
ISBN 10: 1841156728
ISBN 13: 9781841156729
Prizes: Winner of James Tait Black Memorial Prize (Fiction) 2002. Shortlisted for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2003.

Media Reviews
Advance praise for The Corrections: 'Jonathan Franzen has built a powerful novel out of the swarming consciousness of a marriage, a family, a whole culture -- our culture. And he has done it with a sympathy and expansiveness that bends the edgy modern temper to a generous breadth of vision.' Don DeLillo 'Funny and deeply sad, large-hearted and merciless, The Corrections is a testament to the range and depth of pleasures great fiction affords.' David Foster Wallace 'In its complexity, its scrutinizing and utterly unsentimental humanity, and its grasp of the subtle relationships between domestic drama and global events, The Corrections stands in the company of Mann's Buddenbrooks and DeLillo's White Noise. It is a major accomplishment.' Michael Cunningham
Author Bio
Jonathan Franzen was born in 1959 and graduated from Swarthmore College. He has lived in Boston, Spain, New York, Colorado Springs and Philadelphia. His previous novels are The Twenty-Seventh City (1988) and Strong Motion (1992).