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Form and ideology in jonathan franzens fiction helvia principal. Four years later, in 1992, franzen published his second novel, strong motion. The city of boston is being rattled by earthquakes and rocked by antiabortion protests when louis holland meets renee seitchek. Again, franzens novel met with a mostly positive response, though there were. But what strong motion demonstrates is that courage is not enough. The only thing that betrays his youth and inexperience is the quixotic and. However laudable franzens intentions, and however strong his narrative gifts, he has not been able to. Jonathan franzen is a frequent contributor of essays, stories, and reported pieces to the new yorker. Jonathan franzen is the author of five novelsthe twentyseventh city 1988, strong motion 1992, the corrections 2001, freedom 2010 and purity 2015as well as of a memoir, the discomfort zone 2006.
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