Freedom Review

"Freedom" to Try to Write Literature

Robert Schwab | Posted 03.04.2012

Robert Schwab

Finally having finished Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, I wanted to review it here, hoping to acknowledge the long-term pleasure one gets from reading even when the quality of the writing is less than you might have hoped.

Critic Ron Charles Crafts Hilarious Video Review Of Franzen's 'Freedom' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

The Washington Post fiction critic Ron Charles breaks ground with an innovative -- and hilarious -- video review of Jonathan Franzen's newest novel, "...

'Feedom' Jonathan Franzen's Best Novel? The Times Seems To Think So. Do You Agree?

nytimes.com | MICHIKO KAKUTANI | Posted 05.25.2011

Mr. Franzen has written his most deeply felt novel yet -- a novel that turns out to be both a compelling biography of a dysfunctional family and an in...