{"product_id":"freedom-reread-l-gibson-9780231188937","title":"Freedom Reread","description":"\u003cp\u003eFew writers rankle like Jonathan Franzen. Despite popular acclaim, robust sales, and august literary laurels, Franzen's polarizing persona shares the spotlight with--and sometimes steals it from--his tragicomic novels of Midwestern family life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this reconsideration of \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), L. Gibson explores the difficulty of coming to terms with Jonathan Franzen. \u003ci\u003eFreedom Reread\u003c\/i\u003e considers the author's distinctive narrative technique in light of the contradictions for which he is renowned: widely read curmudgeon, tweeted-about luddite, self-proclaimed partisan of fiction who frequently announces the novel's death. Bookended by autofictional forays into the process of--and resistance to--taking a definite stance on Franzen, this book places \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e in conversation with a playful, idiosyncratic array of interlocutors, including \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou've Got Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, Amitav Ghosh on climate change and Susan Sontag on metaphor, speculative fiction and \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvowedly ambivalent about Franzen, Gibson offers both a fresh appreciation of the author's work and a searching critical analysis of his pronouncements on the novel's fate. Wide-ranging and stylistically ambitious, \u003ci\u003eFreedom Reread \u003c\/i\u003edelivers an assured, artful inquiry into Franzen's novelistic technique and public persona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e L. Gibson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231188935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231188937\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2022","brand":"L. Gibson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44132135862527,"sku":"9780231188937","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f0796179-3abd-4764-9712-0631c70211b7.jpg?v=1687478430","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freedom-reread-l-gibson-9780231188937","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}