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Sinossi
Enid e Alfred Lambert, in una città del Midwest americano, trascinano le giornate accumulando oggetti, ricordi, delusioni e frustrazioni del loro matrimonio: l'uno in preda ai sintomi di un Parkinson che preferisce ignorare, l'altra con il desiderio, ormai diventato scopo di vita, di radunare per un «ultimo» Natale i tre figli allevati secondo le regole e i valori dell'America del dopoguerra, attenti a «correggere» ogni deviazione dal «giusto». Ma i figli se ne sono andati sulla costa: Gary, dirigente di banca, vittima di una depressione strisciante e di una moglie infantile; Chip che ha perso il posto all'università per «comportamento sessuale scorretto»; infine Denise, chef di successo che conduce una vita privata discutibile secondo i Lambert.
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- Pagine: 604
- Data di uscita: 21-02-2014
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4/19/17 update: I appreciate that so many people have "liked" this review and/or commented on it, whether we agree or not. Please know that I will not be interacting with any comments as I remember almost nothing about this novel other than the repulsion I felt toward it. I cannot add anything worth Leggi tutto
While reading The Corrections I really understood the meaning of ‘schadenfreude’ because I despised almost every character in this book so much that the more miserable their lives got, the more enjoyment I took from it. And when a shotgun was introduced late in the novel, I read the rest of it with Leggi tutto
“And when the event, the big change in your life, is simply an insight—isn't that a strange thing? That absolutely nothing changes except that you see things differently and you're less fearful and less anxious and generally stronger as a result: isn't it amazing that a completely invisible thing in Leggi tutto
JONATHAN FRANZEN'S TOP TEN RULES FOR WRITERS (as given to The Guardian on 20 Feb 2010) with additional commenty comments by me : 1. The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator. Hmm, well, maybe. I can't think Hugh Selby had very friendly thoughts when he wrote his brilliant Last Exit to B Leggi tutto
Franzen’s writing is impeccable. Not only does his understanding of complex, familial relationships fascinate me, but his ability to capture these characters—all five of them, I might add—with such depth...I think that is what really drew me in as a reader. I mean, these are people who are so flawed Leggi tutto
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