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user-inactivated · 2774 days ago · link · · parent · post: A review tearing apart Jonathan Franzen's newest book (in 2002)
I trust you, lil. So Franzen can remain on my read-eventually-as-you-see-his-books-at-random-used-book-sales list. However, I am generally skeptical of modern books and books that seem, at a glance, to be about the commonplace. The writing has to be, well, Shakespearean. Extraordinary. So I'll find out eventually.