I was intrigued at who made the cover of TIME magazine this week.
An American 51 year old novelist by the name of Jonathan Franzen, he joins only a few other American authors who have ever made the cover, one being Salinger.
His new book Freedom, which took him nine years to write, they say will probably out sell his previous book The Corrections which sold over 2.8 million copies world wide.
I like what is said about him: "...allegations of elitism that are leveled against him are not only untrue but the opposite of true. He's one of contemporary fiction's great populists and a key ally of the beleagured modern reader."
I think I'm off to Exclusive Books to buy a copy of Freedom and I think I also want to be one of the 2.8 million world wide who have The Corrections. So I'll be hunting that one down too! How can I resist when his writing is described as unshowy almost egoless perfection?
A man? Egoless! This I have to see.
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Looking at the last line of this post, after my attention was drawn to it, I can see that it might be a little cliche, but to say that I come across as an anally retentive virgin, is a tad harsh! Lol!
ReplyDeleteI could be a little more articulate in my point of view, it is a work in progress and no time soon will I be asking for your vote in the blogger awards!