by Jonathan Franzen · HarperCollins Publishers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007318520
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«Freedom» is the contemporary fiction novel by Jonathan Franzen, published by HarperCollins Publishers in paperback (570 pages, in English).
Patty and Walter Berglund, a model couple in St. Paul, watch as their son moves in with Republican neighbours and Walter takes a job at a coal company. The arrival of Richard Katz, an old friend and rival, destabilises their lives. A story about love, marriage and the limits of freedom in contemporary America.
Originally published in 2010, it was Jonathan Franzen's first novel since The Corrections and won the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize.
Suitable for book clubs and readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in portraits of family and social life.
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.
