{"product_id":"9781643363707-understanding-jonathan-franzen","title":"Understanding Jonathan Franzen","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStudies Jonathan Franzen’s first five novels plus his most recent, \u003cem\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published to much fanfare in 2021. He opens with the Oprah controversy - Franzen, it seems, did not want his books to be popular - and goes on to unpack the author’s ambivalent relationship to his status within the ‘Theory Generation’.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive study to address Franzen's work to date, including his latest novel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrossroads.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Franzen—novelist and essayist—is a critical darling, commercial success, and magnet for controversy. His third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections \u003c\/i\u003e(2000), was selected for Oprah's book club, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and won the National Book Award. Franzen has been featured on the cover of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e and in an episode of \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons\u003c\/i\u003e. Love him or hate him, the publication of each new novel is a literary event. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Understanding Jonathan Franzen\u003c\/i\u003e, Timothy Galow studies Franzen's first five novels plus his most recent, \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published to much fanfare in 2021. He opens with the Oprah controversy—Franzen, it seems, did not want his books to be popular—and goes on to unpack the author's ambivalent relationship to his status within the \"Theory Generation\" of 1980s college graduates turned writers and the postmodern threads that run throughout his work. For Franzen, the social and individual are inseparable. Galow examines why Franzen's stories of (white, bourgeois) American life have inspired and provoked readers for over two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55143838941558,"sku":"9781643363707","price":98.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38190069_9b15b624-9846-4f6f-8da4-9f9dc8db42da.jpg?v=1763787299","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781643363707-understanding-jonathan-franzen","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}