The Corrections

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The Corrections is a critically acclaimed novel by Jonathan Franzen that explores the complexities of a Midwestern American family at the turn of the 21st century.

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instanceOf novel
author Jonathan Franzen
awardReceived James Tait Black Memorial Prize
surface form: James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction

National Book Award for Fiction
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed
followedBy Freedom
genre family saga
literary fiction
social satire
hasAdaptation The Corrections self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Corrections (unproduced HBO television pilot)
hasCoverArtist Lynne Tillman (design association, if applicable)
hasISBN 978-0-374-15445-0
hasTheme economic anxiety
family dysfunction
generational conflict
globalization
mental health
moral responsibility
technology and modern life
influenced 21st-century American family novels
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainCharacter Alfred Lambert
Chip Lambert
Denise Lambert
Enid Lambert
Gary Lambert
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
notableFor detailed portrayal of a Midwestern American family
satirical treatment of contemporary American culture
originalLanguage English
pageCount approximately 568
partOf contemporary American literature
placeOfPublication New York City
publicationDate 2001
publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
setIn Midwestern United States
setInTimePeriod late 20th century
turn of the 21st century
shortlistedFor PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
subjectMatter American middle class
aging and illness
consumer culture
depression
dysfunctional family relationships
late-20th-century capitalism

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