Franzen, Jonathan

The corrections by Jonathan Franzen ( Book )
130 editions published between 2001 and 2011 in 20 languages and held by 4,492 libraries worldwide
"After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to the contrary, that he is not clinically depressed. The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and heart down the drain of an affair with a married man - or so her mother fears. Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home."--BOOK JACKET.

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen ( Book )
35 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 3,505 libraries worldwide
This novel follows several members of an American family, the Berglunds, as well as their close friends and lovers, as complex and troubled relationships unfold over many years. The book follows them through the last decades of the twentieth century and concludes near the beginning of the Obama administration. The Berglunds are the middle class suburban family that the neighbors just love to talk about. Walter, the successful and doting husband, and Patty, the tall ex varsity basketball player who bakes Christmas cookies for each resident of Barrier Street, seem like the perfect couple. But life is not the pretty picture presented to the world. When their precious first born is corrupted by the wanton girl next door, the edges fray on the Berglunds' family fabric. An old friend emerges, tall, dark and only slightly disheveled and mistakes are made.

How to be alone : essays by Jonathan Franzen ( Book )
20 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 1,815 libraries worldwide
The author presents his 1996 work, "The Harper's Essay," offering additional writings that consider a central theme of the erosion of civic life and private dignity and the increasing persistence of loneliness in postmodern American.

The discomfort zone : a personal history by Jonathan Franzen ( Book )
46 editions published between 2006 and 2009 in English and held by 1,742 libraries worldwide
The author describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.

The twenty-seventh city by Jonathan Franzen ( Book )
30 editions published between 1988 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,410 libraries worldwide
St. Louis is embroiled in a political conspiracy after Jammu, a young woman from India, is installed as its new police chief. To succeed she realizes that respected businessman Martin Probst must be seduced or destroyed.

Strong motion by Jonathan Franzen ( Book )
23 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,114 libraries worldwide
Louis Holland inherits the family chemical business and meets someone who thinks the earthquakes around Boston are caused by human hands.

The complete Peanuts. [4], 1957 to 1958 by Charles M Schulz ( Book )
2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 412 libraries worldwide
Collects the comic strip Peanuts, featuring the misadventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang, from 1957 to 1958. Includes an essay on Charles Schulz' life.

Spring awakening : a children's tragedy by Frank Wedekind ( Book )
4 editions published between 2007 and 2008 in English and held by 266 libraries worldwide

The discomfort zone by Jonathan Franzen ( Recording )
12 editions published between 2006 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 262 libraries worldwide
Franzen's intimate memoir of growing up, from "a small and fundamentally ridiculous person" through a strangely happy adolescence, into an adult with strong and inconvenient passions.

How to be alone by Jonathan Franzen ( Book )
25 editions published between 2002 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 220 libraries worldwide
The author of The Corrections reprints his 1996, "The Harper's Essay," offering additional writings that consider a central theme of the erosion of civic life and private dignity and the increasing persistence of loneliness in postmodern America.