The Corrections
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Narrated by:
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Dylan Baker
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By:
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Jonathan Franzen
About this listen
Stretching from the Midwest at midcentury to the Wall Street and Eastern Europe of today, The Corrections brings an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions into violent collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental health care, and globalized greed. Richly realistic, darkly hilarious, deeply humane, it confirms Jonathan Frazen as one of our most brilliant interpreters of American society and the American soul.
©2001 Jonathan Franzen (P)2001 Simon & Schuster Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
An Oprah Book Club Selection
"When critics refer to 'The Great American Novel' this is it, people!" (Oprah Winfrey)
"The brightest, boldest, and most ambitious novel I've read in many years." (Pat Conroy)
"This is, simply, a masterpiece." ( Amazon.com)
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- mrs r keeling
- 24-05-20
Cleverly Constructed. A Surprise to me ...
I loved this book. I love the visual texture produced by the authors descriptive narrative. I loved the way the characters stories were carved into mini biographies where, the present day way justified by the actions, or rather, the reactions to the past, and despite being a story about family, they were rarely in the same place, both physically or mentally, at the same time. I found it cleverly constructed despite thinking initially that I wasn't going to like it. it surprised me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-04-19
Moving story, well told.
Fine if you haven’t read the book. Disappointingly abridged if you have. Would have preferred an unabridged reading.
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- Alex H.
- 19-04-20
Fantastic portrait of American life
Akin to death of a salesman, this is a great story of American life focusing on each character, and their flaws, in detail. Great listen and very well narrated!
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- Conor Biggs
- 17-05-20
Stunning performance of a stunning novel.
The underbelly of the Midwest, and more. Garrison Keiler through jaundiced eyes. Superbly read. Listen!
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- Alexander
- 07-03-19
dark exportation of middle class America
A fascinating story, well written and well narrated exploring the depressing realities of middle class life.
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- Beth
- 21-03-15
the corrections
loved it. dylan baker is brilliant and helps create the characters further with his voices and accents :)
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- Anonymous User
- 20-04-19
Thought Provoking
Took me a while to get into but once I did I found it moving and profound.
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- Aiden W
- 12-12-20
Abridged - caveat emptor
This is abridged but in a somewhat bowdlerian fashion. Wouldn't recommend this recording unless you are in a real hurry. Content wise the portrayal of decay is compelling albeit the characters are all more annoying than they are anything else.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-04-18
Superb! Amazing performance. Thank you.
I do wish that it was the full version of the book. However, I didn't feel like I missed too much of the detail that was skipped and omitted from the book.
Everything else about this book was brilliant and characters were consistently portrayed so, it was easy to follow.
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- Elaine Shuter
- 12-10-23
This book made me laugh and cry.
The brilliant narration brings the characters in this story to life. For a while I wondered how the story was going to develop. The last 2 hours bring it all together with intense human emotion, a rawness that is heartfelt by those who have experienced life. I think listeners over 50 will probably relate more to the lives, dilemmas and emotions of the characters. I cried at the end, a beautiful book about being a human.
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