![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a time of great cultural upheaval in America it’s an equally seismic period for the Hilderbrandt family, whose six members suffer the consequences of various individual bad decisions, and misdirected faith. ![]() It’ll come as no surprise that Jonathan Franzen’s latest ― my first sampling of his work ― ranks among these.Ĭrossroads is the first in an intended trilogy: a great, sweeping family epic that begins here in Christmas 1971, in the small town of New Prospect, Illinois. I’ve done it a few times this year ― namely The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon and more recently Hanya Yanagihara’s 2022 literary epic To Paradise. There’s nothing better than sinking into a big book knowing from the start you’re in the hands of a master. ![]()
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