by Jonathan Franzen · Salamandra Bolsillo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498384789
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«Libertad» is the contemporary fiction novel by American writer Jonathan Franzen, published by Salamandra Bolsillo in paperback (672 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Patty and Walter Berglund, a pioneering couple in the revival of a neighbourhood, and portrays several decades of a Midwestern family. Franzen combines humour and tragedy to expose the temptations, commitments and contradictions of freedom in contemporary American society.
Translation by Isabel Ferrer Marrades; the work was originally published in English as «Freedom» in 2010.
Suitable for adult readers interested in contemporary literary fiction and family life narratives; often used in book clubs.
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.
