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The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen
RM43.84 MYR
The Corrections - Thryft
The Corrections - Thryft

Dysfunctional family navigates life's complex corrections.

Franzen's "The Corrections" masterfully unravels the messy, intertwined lives of the Lambert family with sharp wit and deep insight. If you enjoy rich character development and a narrative that captures the absurdities of modern life, this may be the next book on your list. It's not just a story—it's a mirror to the quintessential American life, reflecting personal and societal struggles that resonate long after the last page is turned.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002)
  • National Book Award for Fiction (2001)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2002)
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2002)
  • Audie Award for Fiction, Abridged (2002)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2001)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2001)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen
RM43.84 MYR
ISBN: 9781841156736
Authors: Jonathan Franzen
Publisher: Fourth Estate Paperbacks
Date of Publication: 2002-09-02
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.83
(rated by 181783 readers)

Description

"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 portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to the contrary, that he is not clinically depressed. The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair with a married man - or so her mother fears. Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home. Stretching from the Midwest at midcentury to the Wall Street and Eastern Europe of today, "The Corrections" brings an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions into violent collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental healthcare, and globalised greed. Richly realistic, darkly hilarious, deeply humane, it confirms Jonathan Fran
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Similar Reads

Dysfunctional family navigates life's complex corrections.

Franzen's "The Corrections" masterfully unravels the messy, intertwined lives of the Lambert family with sharp wit and deep insight. If you enjoy rich character development and a narrative that captures the absurdities of modern life, this may be the next book on your list. It's not just a story—it's a mirror to the quintessential American life, reflecting personal and societal struggles that resonate long after the last page is turned.

  • Pulitzer Prize Nominee for Fiction (2002)
  • National Book Award for Fiction (2001)
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction (2002)
  • PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction Nominee (2002)
  • Audie Award for Fiction, Abridged (2002)
  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (2001)
  • National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (2001)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2003)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.