{"product_id":"understanding-jonathan-franzen-timothy-w-galow-9781643363714","title":"Understanding Jonathan Franzen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive study to address Franzen's work to date, including his latest novel, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Franzen--novelist and essayist--is a critical darling, commercial success, and magnet for controversy. His career took off with the publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), which won a National Book Award and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His follow-up, \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), received so much attention that it started a debate over the politics of critical attention. Love him or hate him, Franzen has proven to be a crucial figure in twenty-first century American letters, and the publication of each new novel has been a major literary event.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Jonathan Franzen\u003c\/i\u003e, Timothy W. Galow studies Franzen's first five novels and surveys his most recent, \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published to much fanfare in 2021. He traces Franzen's work from its roots in late twentieth-century literary theory and experimental postmodernism through the socially conscious family novels for which the author is best known. This careful analysis provides a new lens for viewing each of the works and demonstrates why Franzen's stories of (white, bourgeois) American life have inspired and provoked readers for over two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy W. Galow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643363719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643363714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 6.20w x 0.80d","brand":"Timothy W. Galow","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074576904447,"sku":"9781643363714","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b614f97f-a675-49ae-b6a5-ebefe11feff8.jpg?v=1685454561","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-jonathan-franzen-timothy-w-galow-9781643363714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}