Episode · The Book Review · 2021-10-15
Thomas Mallon on The Book Review: books mentioned
Thomas Mallon on the Career of Jonathan Franzen
Gilbert Cruz discussed Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen and A Calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris. Thomas Mallon discussed The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen, Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, and Purity by Jonathan Franzen. Pamela Paul discussed Middlemarch by George Eliot. Alexandra Alter discussed Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen's novel "Crossroads" is a sprawling domestic drama set during the early 1970s that delves deep into the moral crises and religious yearnings of a suburban Chicago family.
Discussed“novelist and critic Thomas malan will join us to talk about franzen's latest book Crossroads”
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A Calling for Charlie Barnes
Discussed“Ferris will join us to talk about his latest book a calling for Charlie Barnes”
Where to get it
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The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections is a sprawling, multi-generational novel that explores the complexities, dysfunction, and shifting fortunes of an American Midwestern family at the turn of the twenty-first century.
Discussed“and I think he first came to people's awareness most people's awareness about 20 years ago with the corrections and particularly because of his little dust up with Oprah Winfrey”
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Freedom
Freedom by Jonathan Franzen is a sweeping contemporary novel that examines the complex dynamics of a modern American family alongside broader themes of political and environmental disillusionment.
Discussed“tried to review this new novel in the context of these big books from the corrections on the corrections Freedom Purity and now Crossroads the books that people have really I think been aware of”
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Purity
Purity by Jonathan Franzen is a sprawling contemporary novel that examines modern journalism, family secrets, global activism, and personal identity through an interconnected cast of characters.
Discussed“tried to review this new novel in the context of these big books from the corrections on the corrections Freedom Purity and now Crossroads the books that people have really I think been aware of”
Where to get it
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch by George Eliot is widely celebrated as a masterwork of Victorian literature, chronicling the lives and aspirations of provincial society in the fictional town of Middlemarch.
Discussed“he's called the trilogy the key to all mythologies which is of course the title of the failed novel or grand work of casabon in Middle March”
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Paradise
Discussed“some of the book scan numbers from the UK showed extremely small sales for his books over the years something you know close to 30,000 copies for 10 novels”
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Other mentions in this episode (10) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and just tell listeners quickly the title of your most recent novel uh my most recent novel is called landfall and it's the third volume in a Trilogy a political Trilogy”
“there was a book called Watergate set obvious ly during the Nixon years finale which was set during Reagan's time”
“there was a book called Watergate set obvious ly during the Nixon years finale which was set during Reagan's time”
“the new novel by Jonathan fransen Crossroads”
“he's the author of four books three of them novels then we came to the end the named and to rise again at a decent hour a collection of Stories the dinner party and his latest novel a calling for Charlie Barnes”
“he's the author of four books three of them novels then we came to the end the named and to rise again at a decent hour a collection of Stories the dinner party and his latest novel a calling for Charlie Barnes”
“he's the author of four books three of them novels then we came to the end the named and to rise again at a decent hour a collection of Stories the dinner party and his latest novel a calling for Charlie Barnes”
“he's the author of four books three of them novels then we came to the end the named and to rise again at a decent hour a collection of Stories the dinner party and his latest novel a calling for Charlie Barnes”
“he's the author of four books three of them novels then we came to the end the named and to rise again at a decent hour a collection of Stories the dinner party and his latest novel a calling for Charlie Barnes”
“I will leave it to listeners to discover more in the novel which is called again calling for Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris”