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American novelist and essayist; 2001 winner of the National Book Award for The Corrections
PROFILE
Jonathan Franzen
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FROM Jonathan Franzen
Bookworm
Jonathan Franzen: Purity Jonathan Franzen's latest book is an exploration of intensely intimate relationships and the inevitability of their destructive effects.
Bookworm
Jonathan Franzen: How to Be Alone In this edgy conversation, author Jonathan Franzen and his interviewer take positions, argue, reverse positions and start again...
Bookworm
Jonathan Franzen: The Corrections When The Corrections appeared, it was immediately nominated as a candidate for The Great American Novel. Jonathan Franzen discusses his manner of writing, his method of construction, and the possibility that his book advocates a family values-based neo-conservatism.
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