Freedom
I plowed through Franzen's new book in just a few days. I wish I'd taken it a little slower, and savored it. But, rushing through was fun too!
My favorite passage is from near the end of the book about a lesbian couple who have two year old twins:
"Between Cathy's job as a public defender and Donna's at a women's shelter, the two of them together earned one decent salary and were getting one person's decent night sleep."
My favorite passage is from near the end of the book about a lesbian couple who have two year old twins:
"Between Cathy's job as a public defender and Donna's at a women's shelter, the two of them together earned one decent salary and were getting one person's decent night sleep."
posted by Amy Ettinger at 12:35 PM
3 Comments:
I'm just going to say it - Freedom is boring! Much ado about nothing. Perhaps the sense of "trudging in place" is meant to represent the emptiness of life but I really can't find the novel to be a microcosm of anything much. There is something to be send editing and eliminating superfluous, repetitive introspection. And this business of an autobiographer - why isn't the diary section just written in first person?
Interesting posting, anonymous. I wonder what you mean by "trudging in place?"
I felt that the narrative really moved forward through the characters. They are so well-developed, and whether you like them, hate them or are indifferent about them--I think you'd have to agree that they were all very compelling. How the characters interact and grow(or fail to grow) is also a very compelling part of the book.
"Trudging in place" - marching and going nowhere; making no progress or growth, like being stuck in quicksand.
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