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Pages
576
Published
2010
Language
English

Synopsis

A sprawling, multi-decade saga of the Berglund family, whose lives collide with a rock star's affair, a political campaign, and the slow unraveling of a marriage. Told across decades, it is a novel about the cost of freedom and the fragility of the lives we build.

About the author

J
Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His novel Freedom (2010) garnered similar praise and led to an appearance on the cover of Time magazine alongside the headline "Great American Novelist". Fran...

Characters

Patty BerglundProtagonist
Walter BerglundProtagonist
Richard KatzSupporting
Joey BerglundSupporting
All characters in Freedom