Jonathan franzen

The internet has turned on him, his book sales are down and the TV adaptation of his last novel has stalled. But he wants you to know one thing: He’s not even angry.

Twenty years after his era-defining masterpiece, The Corrections, the author’s latest novel is the first in a trilogy about the travails of a white middle-class family in the American Midwest

Walter and Patty Berglund were the young pioneers of Ramsey Hill—the first college grads to buy a house on Barrier Street since the old h...

Jeffrey Eugenides insists his new novel is not a roman à clef. But it might have been: The writers of his generation had youths tangled enough for ten novels.

In Franzen’s new novel, the members of a suburban Chicago family headed by a pastor confront crises of faith and morality.

Kathryn Schulz on “Crossroads,” in which bad decisions and bad faith weigh down the characters—and propel the novel to startling heights.

Good morning! Here are some cool, true facts that we now know about Jonathan Franzen’s next novel. 1. It will be published by FSG on October 5, 2021. 2. It will be called Crossroads: A Novel:…

The author of The Corrections and the new novel Purity likens writing to losing himself in a dream. "When it's really going well ... you're in a fantasy land and feeling no pain," he says.

This is Mr. Franzen’s most fleet-footed, least self-conscious and most intimate novel yet.