by Jonathan Franzen · Rowohlt Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783499235238
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«Die Korrekturen» is the novel by Jonathan Franzen, published by Rowohlt Taschenbuch in paperback (784 pages, in German).
After nearly fifty years of marriage, Enid Lambert only wants to gather her family for one last Christmas. Her husband Alfred suffers from Parkinson's and her three adult children, Gary, Chip and Denise, are going through personal and professional crises. The novel portrays with irony the family tensions and broken dreams of the American middle class.
Translation from English («The Corrections») by Bettina Abarbanell. Winner of the National Book Award 2001 and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2002. Number 23523 in the rororo collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction and American literature, interested in family sagas and generational portraits.
Jonathan Earl Franzen 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's latest novel Crossroads was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy.
