Freedom: Jonathan Franzen

The story of the heroes of Freedom Patti and Walter Berglound reflects the experience of the whole generation, which survived September 11, the invasion of Iraq, the economic crisis and chose the president of Barack Obama.
In a novel, brilliantly resurrecting the traditions of the 19th century great prose, Jonathan Franzen reflects on whether freedom of choice is possible, whether we know what we are striving for when we want freedom, and how easily we sacrifice our loved ones for the sake of its ghost.
Franzen’s previous novel “Amendments” (2001), awarded the US National Book Prize, put the writer on a par with the classics of American literature and brought him world fame. “Freedom” is an equally sarcastic and wise look at the family in modern America. But if in the “amendments” the conflict of generations remains unresolved, a new novel is a story about children who defeated their fathers and did not become happier from it.

Author
Franzen Jonathan
Editor
Gornostaev Barbara
Translator
Goryanina Daria, Sergeeva Victoria
Publisher
Corpus, 2012
Series
Roman