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Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

February 2, 2011December 2, 2016 / Whispering Gums / 29 Comments

Hmm ... where to start? Half way through this book I was tiring. I wanted to say to Franzen "Enough already" (which, if you've read the book, has a certain appositeness). I also started to think of those song lines, so well-known to my generation: Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. In … Continue reading Jonathan Franzen, Freedom

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