- American literature, New York Times bestseller, Generations, Fiction
"It's December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless -- unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it.
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Earnest, classical in form, meticulous and prestige.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Jonathan Franzen
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 596
- Publisher
- Macmillan Audio, Thorndike Press, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- Spanish, English, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9780008308933
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Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel *The Corrections* drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel *Freedom* (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of *Time* magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Franzen has contributed to *The New Yorker* magazine since 1994. His 1996 Harper's essay *Perchance to Dream* bemoaned the state of contemporary literature. Oprah Winfrey's book club selection in 2001 of
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