by Jonathan Franzen · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782879296579
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«Freedom» is a novel by Jonathan Franzen, published by Éditions de l'Olivier in paperback (717 pages, in French).
Patty, a former basketball player, wants to be the perfect wife to Walter, an environmental lawyer; they form the «bobo» marriage of St. Paul. With the reappearance of Richard Katz, a rocker, Walter's friend and Patty's youthful love, everything changes. The novel spans three decades: a tragicomic portrait of family, disillusionment, and the morality of the United States.
Novel originally published in English in 2010; this French edition is from 2011, translated by Anne Wicke. Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize.
For readers of contemporary literary fiction interested in American narrative and critical portraits of society and life as a couple.
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.
