Posted by JenStar on August 24, 2004, at 1:24:04
In reply to The Corrections, posted by malthus on August 18, 2004, at 12:20:23
Yes, I loved it too! Franzen is fantastic, and not only b/c he dissed Oprah. (grin.)
His dialogue and character development in this book impressed me, with the exception of the whole Chip/Gitanas/Lithuania debacle -- interesting, I suppose, but kind of draggy. Reminded me too much of Franzen's earlier novels, which were supposed to be deep and intellectual but (to me anyway) were not paired with enough finesse and spark to get through the history and ethics lessons with ease.
I was crazy for the C.S. Lewis books as a kid, and so the Aslan symbolism was very obvious to me. It seemed almost TOO obvious but it was still cool the way he traced it through the book.
I am also a big fan of David Foster Wallace, and i believe the two authors are friends.
Do you like DFW too? My fave. by him is A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again -- I wish I wrote that book.
JenStar
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