![]() ![]() However, he’s a man himself, so I can’t really fault him that much for this. I can’t remember Freedom that clearly because it was a few years ago that I read it, but Purity solidified the fact for me that Franzen doesn’t really give much thought to women, or if he does, it’s always in relation to men, and how they act around men. However, I can confidently state that he’s a bit of a chauvinist, because I’ve read both Freedom and Purity, adding up to about 1000 pages of writing, and he has never once portrayed an independent woman undefined by her male counterparts. It’s not even really fair, this assumption of mine that Franzen is a jerk, I probably overheard some rumors about it when I worked in publishing, and I know there’s a few articles out there about it, but I don’t think this opinion can be considered fact. Sigh, I hate being so conflicted about books if I really like the book, I really want to like the writer, but for some reason I just can’t do that with Franzen. I still think he’s the definition of a literary snob, but he’s also a fantastic writer. So I finished the 563 pages that was Jonathan Franzen‘s latest tome Purity, and my mind is not changed about him. ![]()
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