The Corrections (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Jonathan Franzen
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 2000
- Setting: St. Jude, a small town in the Midwest; New York City and the Northeast seacoast; Philadelphia and its suburbs; Vilnius, Lithuania
- Principal Characters: Alfred Lambert, Enid Lambert, Chip Lambert, Melissa Pacqette, Julia Vrais, Gitanas Misevičius, Denise Lambert, Gary Lambert, Caroline Lambert, Brian Callahan, Robin Passafaro
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Parents and children, Homosexuality or homosexuals, New York City, Marriage, Twenty-first century, Midwest, Pennsylvania, Lesbianism or lesbians, Accidents, Death or dying, Bankruptcy or financial crisis, Philadelphia, Ships, Holidays, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Euthanasia or right to die, Christmas, Seasons, 2000’s, Autumn
- Locales: New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, Midwest (U.S.), Lithuania, Vilnius, Poland
In the literary world, 2001 began with controversy over what exactly constitutes plagiarism with Alice Randall’s The Wind Done Gone and ended with controversy over biting the hand that feeds it with Jonathan Franzen’s public ambivalence about the choice of his third novel, The Corrections, for talk-show host Oprah Winfrey’s Book Club. In a number of interviews immediately after The Corrections was chosen for Winfrey’s imprimatur, Franzen spoke of his discomfort at becoming one of a stable of authors whom he regarded as an artistic mixed bag—some highly...
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