New Stuff: Jonathan Franzen

 

New Stuff: Jonathan Franzen

New Stuff: National Geographic

First Lines: Jonathan Franzen - Purity

"Oh pussycat, I'm so glad to hear your voice," the girl's mother said on the telephone.

New Stuff: Jonathan Franzen

It'll take a while till I get to read this new novel.

First Lines: Jonathan Franzen - The Corrections

The madness of an autumn prairie cold front coming through.

New Stuff: Christina Stead

Reading Jonathen Franzen's essay on this novel in the new York Times I though I'd need to give it a try:

"Even the word “enjoying”: is that the right word? Although its prose ranges from good to fabulously good — is lyrical in the true sense, every observation and description bursting with feeling, meaning, subjectivity — and although its plotting is unobtrusively masterly, the book operates at a pitch of psychological violence that makes “Revolutionary Road” look like “Everybody Loves Raymond.” And, worse yet, can never stop laughing at that violence!"

Complete essay here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/books/review/Franzen-t.html