Korekcije
In Corrections, Jonathan Franzen dissects the decline of the American middle class through the prism of the Lambert family. The name alludes to "corrections" – medical, moral and social – in the era of globalization and the pharmaceutical industry. The fi
The novel revolves around Enid Lambert, a determined Midwestern housewife who wants one last family Christmas in Philadelphia before Alfred, her husband with Parkinson’s disease, goes to a nursing home. Alfred, a former railroad engineer, struggles with hallucinations and a loss of control, symbolizing America’s industrial decline. The children—Gary, a banker in marital crisis and depression; Chip, a failed writer and academic who is mired in Lithuanian adventures with the mob; Denise, a cook navigating divorce and incestuous relationships—avoid their mother’s calls but are forced together.
Franzen weaves together the times: the family’s past, Gary’s drug crisis and fake friends, Chip’s farce with Lithuanian scams, Denise’s search for identity. The novel criticizes consumerism, corporate greed (Laxatol, a fake happiness pill), and emotional alienation, but celebrates resilience—Enid’s tenacity, Alfred’s quiet courage. The style is masterful: satirical, introspective, full of dialogue that bites at wounds. Like Freedom, only sharper, the novel is a hymn to family as a "correction" of life, where mistakes are not erased, but carried.
One copy is available
