by Jonathan Franzen · Fourth Estate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007269761
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«Freedom» is the contemporary fiction novel by Jonathan Franzen, published by Fourth Estate in paperback (597 pages, in English).
The story follows the Berglund family: Patty and Walter, a once-idealistic couple, their children Joey and Jessica, and family friend Richard Katz. It portrays adolescent desire, marital tensions, competition among friends, and life-changing decisions, around freedom and its consequences.
«Freedom» was originally published on August 31, 2010; it received the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize in 2011 and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2010.
«Freedom» is for readers of contemporary literary fiction and book clubs interested in family life and American society.
Jonathan Earl Franzen is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Franzen's latest novel Crossroads was published in 2021, and is the first in a projected trilogy.
