Les Corrections est un roman de l'auteur américain Jonathan Franzen publié en 2001. Il raconte l'histoire d'une famille traditionnelle du Mid-Ouest des États-Unis sur le point de s'effondrer sous la pression des illusions et des mensonges que ses membres tentent d'entretenir. Portail de la littérature
Patty Berglund est-elle la femme idéale ? Pour Walter, son mari, la réponse ne fait aucun doute : c'est oui. Épouse aimante, mère parfaite, Patty a tout bon. Mais qu'en pense-t-elle ? En renonçant à Walter, ce " bad boy " dont elle était amoureuse – et qui se trouve être le meilleur ami de Walter –, Patty a peut-être …
While the essays in this collection range in subject matter from the sex-advice industry to the way a supermax prison works, each one wrestles with the essential themes of Franzen's writing: the erosion of civil life and private dignity; and the hidden persistence of loneliness in postmodern, imperial America. …
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen's tale of growing up, squirming in his own über-sensitive skin, from a "small and fundamentally ridiculous person," into an adult with strong inconvenient passions. Whether he's writing about the explosive dynamics of a Christian youth …
St. Louis, Missouri, is a quietly dying river city until it hires a new police chief: a charismatic young woman from Bombay, India, named S. Jammu. No sooner has Jammu been installed, though, than the city's leading citizens become embroiled in an all-pervasive political conspiracy. A classic of contemporary fiction, …
The critically acclaimed second novel from the author of 'The Corrections'. 'Strong Motion' is the brilliant, bold second novel from the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of 'The Corrections' and 'Freedom'. Louis Holland arrives in Boston in a spring of strange happenings - earthquakes strike the city, and …
An Amazon Best Book of September 2015: Purity takes many forms in Franzen’s new novel—to begin with, it is the name of the book’s title character. “Pip,” as she is more commonly known, is not fond of her given name, and when we first meet her she is living in a crowded Oakland house under the burden of colossal …