Franzen

[Bekah]

I also enjoyed Freedom but maybe not quite as much as The Corrections.    Franzen is nicely readable but he's no Pynchon.  

Bekah

On Oct 20, 2012, at 8:24 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:

> Eeeh, I'm just trying to go in with an open mind. I find adversarial reading useless. But it does seem as though I'll be reading with a highlighter, as per request. I prefer a pencil.
> 
> 
> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 8:18 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think Mr. Burns is a bit harsh.  It's an interesting look into the lives of its main characters with more than competent story-telling.  But it is in no way groundbreaking.  I still enjoyed it.
> 
> David Morris
> 
> 
> On Saturday, October 20, 2012, Erik T. Burns wrote:
> When you find it, ask them also for a count of the word "overrated"
> 
> ;-)
> 
> 
> On Oct 20, 2012, at 5:18 AM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Is anybody aware of a site similar to the liste for Franzen? I'm about to give Freedom a chance and my sweetheart, who read the book a couple years ago wants a count of the mentions of overpopulation in the text. I'm inclined to think someone likely would already have done that from what little I know of the book.
> >
> > --
> > "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> "Less than any man have I  excuse for prejudice; and I feel for all creeds the warm sympathy of one who has come to learn that even the trust in reason is a precarious faith, and that we are all fragments of darkness groping for the sun. I know no more about the ultimates than the simplest urchin in the streets." -- Will Durant