THE CORRECTIONS

Franzen, Jonathan

Published by The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 2008

About this Item

566 pages. Octavo. First edition thus. A typical Easton Press gift edition, beautifully bound in full burgundy leather, decorated in gilt. All edges gilded. Lovely silk moire covered endpapers. A beautiful gift edition of Franzen's magnum opus, and it is SIGNED by the author. Perhaps Wikipedia best summarizes the books importance: "The novel won the 2001 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2002 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, was a finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize, was nominated for the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and was shortlisted for the 2003 International Dublin Literary Award. In 2005, The Corrections was included in TIME magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923. In 2006, Bret Easton Ellis declared the novel 'one of the three great books of my generation.' In 2009, website The Millions polled 48 writers, critics, and editors, including Joshua Ferris, Sam Anderson, and Lorin Stein; the panel voted The Corrections the best novel since 2000 'by a landslide'." The book is in as-new condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE CORRECTIONS
• Publisher: The Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut
• Publication Date: 2008
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: First Edition Thus.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: SIGNED
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Autographs and Signed Books
  • Literary First Editions
  • Leather Bindings