Freedom

“Freedom” is the story of Walter and Patty Berglund, their children Jessica and Joey, and their friend Richard Katz. The book is about how we use and abuse our freedom; the beginning and ending of love; teenage and adult lust; the unexpectedness of adult life; competition amongst friends and family; betrayal of those closest; and why things never seem to work out as they ‘should’. As with “The Corrections”, this see Franzen spin a story about the human heart, and what it leads us to do to ourselves and each other. “Freedom” is classic Franzen, in that over the course of over five hundred pages he manages to spin an intricate tale that takes in a great number of timelines, ages, locations, generations and stories, and manages to make it hold together thematically and dramatically, producing one of the first truly great American works of this decade. PLEASE NOTE: This edition is available in both red and blue covers. You will receive the colour in stock at the time of your purchase.