by Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen dissects the Lambert family and its self-destructive ways.
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Jonathan Franzen |
Franzen is a fine writer--his characters are fully realized and idiosyncratic, and his story is full of illuminating observations and darkly hilarious black humor.
The book really takes off when Franzen is writing scenes; I love his dialogue and the interactions he constructs for the characters.
I sometimes found myself losing patience during extended passages of backstory and/or interior experience.
I also felt that the relatively rosy ending seemed at odds with the rest of the story.
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"Corrections" (Arabic) |
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"Corrections" (Serbian)
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"Correct"(Chinese) |
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"Corrections" (Polish) |
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"Corrections" (Portuguese) |
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"The Corrections" (Dutch) |
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"The Corrections" (Italian) |
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"Corrections" (Romanian) |
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"The Corrections" (Greek) |
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"Corrections" (Lithuanian) |
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"Amendments" (Georgian) |
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"Reforms" (Persian)
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"Repairs" (Hungarian) |
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