Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads’ Contemplates Something Harder Than Being Alone
Breaking form with his latest work, Crossroads, Franzen has not written a social novel. He has written an Antisocial Novel.
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Jonathan Franzen Pulls a Convincing Authorial Disappearing Act in ‘Purity’
Franzen's latest is a fulfilling if frustrating exploration of our modern identity crisis.
A Message Carefully Wrapped and Sealed in a Ziploc Bag
Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being is an enormous step forward from her prior novels, taking on nothing less than the meaning of time itself.
Fiction & Fact at The New Yorker Festival: Jonathan Franzen + ‘Reporting from the Edge’
Looking at two events, Jonathan Franzen talks with David Remnick and Reporting from the Edge: Covering Conflict.