The Corrections by Franzen was published in the year of 2001. while the book deals with a lot of heavy themes, it is actually a really fun read, and you will find yourself completely hooked before you even know it! We see deeply flawed people who battle against their internal urges, wanting to do what they know is right. This story has unforgettable characters, humor, complexity, and warmth. The story follows different perspectives as we see a family at a pivotal moment of moral crisis. It’s Franzen’s take on contemporary America, venturing into the past and exploring the history along two generations. This is the first book in Jonathan Franzen’s latest series, A Key to all Mythologies. Each member of the Hildebrandt family has their secrets, and they’re all seeking something that may be threatened by one another. Their youngest son Perry is brilliant, but selling drugs to seventh graders, although he has promised himself that he will stop and strive to be a better person. Their eldest child, Clem, is home from college for reasons that will devastate his father, and their daughter, Becky, has been sucked into counterculture. That is, unless his wife Marion beats him to it. Russ Hildebrandt, an associate pastor at a liberal suburban church, is on the verge of ending his loveless marriage. It’s the 23 rd of December in 1971, and there is a heavy weather prediction for Chicago. Being one of the most intriguing authors of the last few decades, we would like to take a look at the best Jonathan Franzen books, and give our review for the ones that we mention. He has worked on two separate movies, – Emptying the Skies, and The Corrections. Influences that he has either cited or are just very obvious, come from don DeLillo, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, William Faulkner, etc. Franzen’s genre of choice is literary fiction.
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