5. Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections (2001)
乔纳森·弗兰岑,《纠正》(2001年)
Franzen's edgy multigenerational family saga, winner of a US National Book Award, was among the first novels to capture the zeitgeist of the century's first decade. As Alfred and Enid Lambert and their three adult children gather at the end of the 20th Century for "one last Christmas", the father's Parkinson's disease progresses, and the US is on the verge of economic meltdown. "The Correction, when it finally came, was not an overnight bursting of a bubble but a much more gentle let-down, a year-long leakage of value from key financial markets," writes Franzen. "Franzen secured his place as a major American writer." Laurie Hertzel, senior books editor of the Minneapolis Star-Tribune adds, "This big, sprawling, fat novel touches on some of the most important themes of the early years of this millennium – economic uncertainty, the conflicts between parents and their drifting middle-aged children and the enormous issues of an aging society past its prime. He does it with great storytelling and a lot of humour." (Picador)
这本小说荣获美国国家图书奖,讲述了一个尖锐的几世同堂的家庭故事,成为首批紧随21世纪最初10年时代精神的小说之一。20世纪末,阿尔弗雷德、伊妮德·兰伯特同三个已成年的孩子齐聚一堂,一起庆祝可能是最后一个阖家团圆的圣诞节。此时,父亲阿尔弗雷德的帕金森综合征更加严重了,而美国也正处于经济危机的边缘。弗兰岑写道:“《纠正》不是指主要金融市场一夜之间突然发生泡沫破灭,而是更温和的衰退,持续一年的价值漏损。” 《明尼阿波利斯星坛报》资深图书编辑劳里·赫茨尔评论道:“弗兰岑再次证明了其作为美国重要作家的实力。这本小说布景广阔,触及了新千年早期最重要的一些主题——经济动荡、父母和漂泊不定的中年儿女之间的冲突,以及黄金时代过去后老龄化社会之中的诸多问题。弗兰岑用幽默的笔法写了一个好故事。” (Picador出版社)
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