Freedom jonathan franzen oprah
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Nine years after their public spat began, Oprah Winfrey is going to give novelist Jonathan Franzen a second chance. The talk show queen named Franzen's latest effort, Freedom, as an Oprah's Book Club selection in her show's final season. In 2001, Franzen said publicly that he was uncomfortable having previous novel, The Corrections, promoted on Winfrey's show because her picks tended to be "schmaltzy" — prompting Winfrey to rescind her selection and cancel his scheduled appearance on her show. Was it appropriate to let Franzen back into her book club?
It allows Oprah's Book Club to come full circle: This is all about happy endings, says Jonathan Messinger at Time Out Chicago. This is Oprah's final season and Franzen was the book club's "most controversial choice" other than James Frey ("and there's no way Frey was coming back"). It makes sense for the talk show queen. "Not only will fences be mended, but Oprah goes out on a high cultural note."
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Proving that time heals all wounds, Oprah has chosen Jonathan Franzen's Freedom as the next selection for her wildly successful book club. This isn't the first time Winfrey has bestowed the honor on Franzen--she picked his last novel, The Corrections, back in 2001, which set off a spat between the two of them. Franzen expressed his displeasure at being part of the club, and Winfrey canceled his appearance on the show.
But by choosing Freedom, Winfrey shows there's no bad blood between her and Franzen:
Winfrey's decision tells a story she loves well, one of redemption, and cites a book that itself redeems a troubled Minnesota-based family. Released in late August, "Freedom" was virtually canonized by critics before publication and has been topping best-seller lists even without Oprah's approval. Franzen was the subject of a Time Magazine cover story, titled "Great American Novelist," and anticipation was so great that President Obama secured an early copy while visiting a bookstore on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Read the full story at Yahoo News.
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