The Corrections, First Edition, Later Printing, New

Franzen, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0374129983 / ISBN 13: 9780374129989

Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2001

About this Item

Hardcover, Condition: New, Unread, Very Tight Binding, Never opened past copyright page, Spine Not Broken, First Edition 2001 as Stated, later printing, 7 9 10 8 6 as printed on copyright page, Original $26.00 Not clipped, Round Gold NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER sticker on front cover, Beautiful New Copy of a First Edition later printing, Novels by Jonathan Franzen: * The Twenty-Seventh City (1988) Strong Motion (1992) The Corrections (2001) Freedom (2010) Purity (2015).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1678138112577

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Corrections, First Edition, Later Printing, New
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374129983
• ISBN 13: 9780374129989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller
NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER

“A spellbinding novel” (People) from the New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections is a comic, tragic epic of worlds colliding: an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions, a new world of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental health care, and globalized greed.

After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson’s disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives.

The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself that, despite certain alarming indicators, he is not clinically depressed. The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair with a married man―or so her mother fears.

Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home.

About the Author

Jonathan Franzen is the author of five novels, including The Corrections, Freedom, and Crossroads, and five works of nonfiction, most recently Farther Away and The End of the End of the Earth, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.