The Corrections (Signed First Edition)

Franzen, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0374129983 / ISBN 13: 9780374129989

Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, 2001

About this Item

8vo., 568pp. Beautiful Stated First Edition, First issue with errata slip noting the reversed text on pages 430 & 431. Square, tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. No toning or foxing. Feels unread. Equally attractive unclipped first state dust-jacket, ($26.00, no Oprah logo), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases, toning or tears. Signed by the author directly on the title page. Laid in is an original photograph of the author signing the book at the signing event. A gorgeous collectable copy of the National Book Award winner, and finalist for the Pulitzer.

Seller Inventory # 018748

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Corrections (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374129983
• ISBN 13: 9780374129989
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed/Inscribed
  • Modern Literature

About this title

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.