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Posted by malthus on August 18, 2004, at 12:20:23
Has anyone read "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen. If so, what do you think?
(For me it's the best book I've ever read ;-)
Posted by malthus on August 18, 2004, at 12:23:21
Woops! "The Corrections" (Double-double quotes)???
Posted by Dr. Bob on August 18, 2004, at 19:08:21
In reply to Double double quotes?, posted by malthus on August 18, 2004, at 12:23:21
> Woops! "The Corrections" (Double-double quotes)???
Thanks for giving that a try! But did you just go with the default link? It doesn't look like what you intended...
Bob
Posted by malthus on August 18, 2004, at 20:08:32
In reply to Re: Double double quotes?, posted by Dr. Bob on August 18, 2004, at 19:08:21
> > Woops! "The Corrections" (Double-double quotes)???
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> Thanks for giving that a try! But did you just go with the default link? It doesn't look like what you intended...
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> BobYou're right Dr. Bob. That took me to some other book! Perhaps "Jonathan Franzen-The Corrections" will work.
Posted by Dr. Bob on August 20, 2004, at 0:19:11
In reply to Re: Double double quotes?, posted by malthus on August 18, 2004, at 20:08:32
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
Posted by malthus on August 24, 2004, at 8:54:25
In reply to Re: The Corrections » malthus, posted by JenStar on August 24, 2004, at 1:24:04
> Yes, I loved it too! Franzen is fantastic, and not only b/c he dissed Oprah. (grin.)
~~HA! I thought that was a brilliant move on his part. It probably got The Corrections more attention.~~
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> 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 agree with you. That was my least favorite part of the book as well.~~
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> 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.~~If you have time would you mind elaborating on this as I'm not too familiar with C.S. Lewis and the Aslan symbolism~~
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> I am also a big fan of David Foster Wallace, and i believe the two authors are friends.
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> 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.~~I'm not familiar with this author but I will try to find this book~~
Looking forward to your post!
malthus
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