The Corrections

Written by Jonathan Franzen

THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER ‘A genuine masterpiece, the first great American novel of the twenty-first century’ Elle ‘Funny, moving, generous, brutal and intelligent’ Guardian

A brilliantly perceptive and moving novel that announced Jonathan Franzen as one of our greatest living writers.

The Lamberts – Enid, Alfred and their three grown-up children – are a troubled family living in a troubled age. After fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid is ready to have some fun, but her husband Alfred is losing his mind to Parkinson’s. As his condition worsens, and the Lamberts are forced to face the long-buried secrets and failures that haunt them, Enid sets her heart on gathering everyone together for one last family Christmas.

‘Compellingly readable, funny and above all generous spirited’ Daily Mail

‘A novel of outstanding sympathy, wit, moral intelligence and pathos, a family saga told with stylistic brio and psychological and political insight’ Financial Times

‘A big-hearted, panoramic American epic, intelligent and wise but also wildly, stonkingly funny’ Independent

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Release date: Jun 24, 2021
• ISBN: 9780008503932

Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen’s work includes four novels (The Twenty-Seventh City, Strong Motion, The Corrections, Freedom), two collections of essays (Farther Away, How To Be Alone), a memoir (The Discomfort Zone), and, most recently, The Kraus Project. He is recognised as one of the best American writers of our age and has won many awards. He lives in New York City and Santa Cruz, California.

Reviews for The Corrections

[phillip collins · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I’ve not listened to a single Franssen that I haven’t enjoyed. He has become one of my favourite authors I could also add that all of the narrators has been excellent, and that must’ve helped greatly in my enjoyment

[amy de Kanter · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was a book that had been languishing on my shelf for a decade. I thought about getting rid of it, but what if it was as good as everyone said? Reading along with the audiobook got he over that block. And definitely lives up to the raves.

[Genevieve Rosochacki · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The narrator, the actor, the reader! George Guidall.
Of course the book is rich, deeply felt and excellently observed. The narrator does it justice, he is best reader I’ve come across so far on Scribd. I’d filter my search for new books read by him. He brought out so much more than I got when I first read the book. No question, Franzen is unflagging in his quest for a zillion little truths, often with slathers of laugh out loud hilarity. Yet the material is serious… never a dull moment. It is well worth taking in a few times, both as audio book and as reading matter. George Guidall is like an excellent conductor rendering a fine, moving interpretation for the audience.