Jonathan Franzen

"It's December 23, 1971, and heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt, the associate pastor of a liberal suburban church, is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless -- unless his wife, Marion, who has her own secret life, beats him to it. Their eldest child, Clem, is coming home from college on fire with moral absolutism, having taken an action that will shatter his father. Clem's sister, Becky, long the social...

The Corrections is a grandly entertaining novel for the new century — a comic, tragic masterpiece about a family breaking down in an age of easy fixes. After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. The oldest, Gary, a once-stable...

UNA HISTORIA EXCEPCIONAL SOBRE LA VIDA DE UNA FAMILIA AMERICANA DE LOS AÑOS SETENTA «Encrucijadas es una novela excelente, la mejor de Franzen.» EL País «Cada novela de Jonathan Franzen es un acontecimiento literario.» El Periódico «Una saga familiar con el aroma de la gran literatura.» EL Cultural En vísperas de las Navidades del año 1971, en Chicago se anuncia una gran nevada. Russ Hildebrandt, pastor en una iglesia progresista de un...