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Size: 6 x 9 Pages: Illustrations:. Paperback Published: Feb 16 Add to Cart. Hardcover Published: Feb 16 Ebook Published: Feb 16 OA Ebook Published: Feb 16 The inclusion of this book in the Open Carolina collection is made possible by the generous funding of. Timothy W. Galow is professor of English at Carroll University. He is the author of Understanding Dave Eggers.

Galow accessibly and deftly argues for us to separate the public persona of Franzen from the complexity of his fiction. Focusing on the major novels of Franzen's career, Galow charts the layered and aesthetically nuanced work of a novelist fascinated by falsity, binaries, and changing socioeconomic patterns in American society.

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Galow provides summaries and offers discussion of The 27th Century, Strong Motion, The Correction, Freedom , and Purity that question literary stereotypes and recurrent themes found in Franzen's novels. I have no doubt readers will be entertained by this must-read glimpse into Franzen and his life through Galow's detailed and entertaining story.

Overview Author s Reviews Awards. The first comprehensive study to address Franzen's work to date, including his latest novel, Crossroads Jonathan Franzen—novelist and essayist—is a critical darling, commercial success, and magnet for controversy.