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The acclaimed new novel from the author of The Corrections.
Patty and Walter Berglund were the new pioneers of old St. Paul - the gentrifiers, the hands-on parents, the avant-garde of the Whole Foods generation. Patty was the ideal sort of neighbour who could tell you where to recycle your batteries and how to get the local cops to actually do their job. She was an enviably perfect mother and the wife of Walter's dreams. Together with Walter - environmental lawyer, commuter cyclist, family man - she was doing her small part to build a better world.
But now, in the new millennium, the Berglunds have become a mystery. Why has their teenage son moved in with the aggressively Republican family next door? Why has Walter taken a job working with Big Coal? What exactly is Richard Katz - outré rocker and Walter's old college friend and rival - still doing in the picture? Most of all, what has happened to poor Patty? Why has the bright star of Barrier Street become "a very different kind of neighbour," an implacable Fury coming unhinged before the street's attentive eyes?
In his first novel since The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen has given us an epic of contemporary love and marriage. Freedom comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of too much liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire. In charting the mistakes and joys of Freedom's intensely realized characters, as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time.
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Du bon, pas du très bon Franzen,
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Le côté "fresque sociale" est bien fait, comme dans le (beaucoup plus génial) The Corrections du même auteur. Freedom explore notamment la complexité des enjeux qui se nouent autour de la protecion de l'environnement, et la montée des neocons dans les années 2000. Le mari, le fils, l'amant sont intéressants. Dommage que le personnage central (Patricia) soit raté.Lecture facile et agréable, en tout cas. Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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A thought-provoking experience which leaves a trace,
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Freedom is surprising because it is both very cynical and endearing, each character is complex and the situations become utterly believable although they seem far-fetched when you start to discover them. It is a capsule of today's America, a distillation of its essence and leaves a long-lasting impression.
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FREEDOM IS NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN - AUDIO REVIEW,
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Well remembered for his masterful readings of such titles as "Water For Elephants" and "The Second Horseman," David Ledoux gives a praiseworthy narration of FREEDOM, a story in which he's required to portray many characters. As has been said, "His voice inhabits the characters' psyches, sharing their loves, fears, and anxieties. Ledoux gives a vibrant performance, imbuing each character with a unique voice and tone." How true!The winner of two AudioFile Earphones Awards Ledoux presents listeners with a varied cast of characters, each very different, each intriguing in his or her own way. FREEDOM is 25 hours of pure listening pleasure. However, one cannot say the story is always pure pleasure but rather thought provoking, a mini look at our shared history as it highlights Patty and Walter Berglund, a once perfect couple now trying to come to terms with a very changed world. The pair have renovated an old home among other badly in need of repair homes in Ramsey Hill, a section of St. Paul. Patty is the sunshine in their neighborhood, "a sunny carrier of sociological pollen, an affable bee," always busy doing good - sharing a platter of cookies, bringing a small bouquet of flowers. Walter is her perfect companion, a lawyer so decent, so honest that he almost glows with good will, philanthropy, and a commitment to the environment (he commutes by bicycle each day). Yet, is it not possible that the Berglunds are uncomfortable with their good fortune, somehow trying to deserve their gifts? Also, is it not possible that such meritorious devotion to the good might later manifest itself as overwrought zeal? Their idyllic life begins to shatter when their bright, doted upon son, Joey, leaves home to live with a neighbor described as one wearing "a Vikings jersey with his work boots unlaced and a beer can in his fist." The author takes us through the years with the Berglunds as each ages, remembering the pasts that formed them, questioning what they believed to be true, and becoming increasingly confounded by the time in which they now live. They change, remarkably so, as has our world. Jonathan Franzen is brilliant and FREEDOM is not to be forgotten. - Gail Cooke Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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