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Jonathan Franzen: 'It's still mysterious to me that I was angry for so long'

Guardian Books · 2026-09-19
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The author of The Corrections discusses a new TV adaptation, the future of reading and why creating new work is "horrible". Franzen says he was so relieved when HBO dropped its planned 2012 adaptation of his bestselling novel that he performed his first and last cartwheel on the lawn of his Santa Cruz, California home. An earlier attempted film adaptation had failed, which he attributed to the impossibility of condensing the book.

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Source: Guardian Books · via ahirlevel.hu