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CROSSROADS - JONATHAN FRANZEN KARTONIERT (TB)

Jonathan Franzen's gift for wedding depth and vividness of character with breadth of social
vision has never been more dazzlingly evident than in Crossroads. It's December 23  1971  and
heavy weather is forecast for Chicago. Russ Hildebrandt  the associate pastor of a liberal
suburban church  is on the brink of breaking free of a marriage he finds joyless-unless his
wife  Marion  who has her own secret life  beats him to it. Their eldest child  Clem  is coming
home from college on fire with moral absolutism  having taken an action that will shatter his
father. Clem's sister  Becky  long the social queen of her high-school class  has sharply
veered into the counterculture  while their brilliant younger brother Perry  who's been selling
drugs to seventh graders  has resolved to be a better person. Each of the Hildebrandts seeks a
freedom that each of the others threatens to complicate. Jonathan Franzen's novels are
celebrated for their unforgettably vivid characters and for their keen-eyed take on
contemporary America. Now  in Crossroads  Franzen ventures back into the past and explores the
history of two generations. With characteristic humor and complexity  and with even greater
warmth  he conjures a world that resonates powerfully with our own. A tour de force of
interwoven perspectives and sustained suspense  its action largely unfolding on a single winter
day  Crossroads is the story of a Midwestern family at a pivotal moment of moral crisis.
Jonathan Franzen's gift for melding the small picture and the big picture has never been more
dazzlingly evident.

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