{"product_id":"freedom-reread-paperback","title":"Freedom Reread - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eL. Gibson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers rankle like Jonathan Franzen. Despite popular acclaim, robust sales, and august literary laurels, Franzen's polarizing persona shares the spotlight with--and sometimes steals it from--his tragicomic novels of Midwestern family life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this reconsideration of \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), L. Gibson explores the difficulty of coming to terms with Jonathan Franzen. \u003ci\u003eFreedom Reread\u003c\/i\u003e considers the author's distinctive narrative technique in light of the contradictions for which he is renowned: widely read curmudgeon, tweeted-about luddite, self-proclaimed partisan of fiction who frequently announces the novel's death. Bookended by autofictional forays into the process of--and resistance to--taking a definite stance on Franzen, this book places \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e in conversation with a playful, idiosyncratic array of interlocutors, including \u003ci\u003eMiddlemarch\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYou've Got Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, Amitav Ghosh on climate change and Susan Sontag on metaphor, speculative fiction and \u003ci\u003eSuccession\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAvowedly ambivalent about Franzen, Gibson offers both a fresh appreciation of the author's work and a searching critical analysis of his pronouncements on the novel's fate. Wide-ranging and stylistically ambitious, \u003ci\u003eFreedom Reread \u003c\/i\u003edelivers an assured, artful inquiry into Franzen's novelistic technique and public persona.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42719490506815,"sku":"9780231188937","price":43.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a68a9ba0297915cb17f8dbeb75443229.webp?v=1765085814","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/freedom-reread-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}