/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.4492382]

Jonathan Franzen won, in the end. He did

[Anonymous No.4492390]

[Anonymous No.4492391]

>>4492390
his hobby his proffesional bird watching. When you take that into account there is nothing humourous about his remark.

[Anonymous No.4492395]

>>4492391
yes he just likes birds. there is nothing humourous.

[Anonymous No.4492398]

>>4492391
It's more the way he says it combined with his eyebrows

[Anonymous No.4492410]

>>4492398
it's true

[Anonymous No.4492449]

another Franzen thread

Has he done something recently that I missed?

[Anonymous No.4492527]

>>4492449
i hear he likes birds

[Anonymous No.4492548]

>>4492449
>Has he done something recently that I missed?

Yes, he wrote a rather scathing letter to the American public, telling it that he would rival all the Kardashians in fame if only the public were even a fraction smarter than it was. In said letter, he lambastes the Internet and Facebook in specific, but mostly scolds the populace for allowing these time vampires to become so successful. "You're all drunk," Franzen wrote in the final, concluding paragraph of the letter, "drunk off porntube and Chicken McNuggets. You're just about drowning in the stuff."

I believe a hashtag or two has been made in the wake of this missive.

[Anonymous No.4492556]

Is any of this guys works worth reading?

[Anonymous No.4492570]

>>4492556
Some people say yes, most say no.

Just read excerpts on-line and decide for yourself if you want to continue.

(Having read three of his books, my personal answer to your question is "no".)

[Anonymous No.4492758]

AND BY THE WAY, BY "WON" I MEAN WON AGAINST DAVID FOSTER WALLACE IN THEIR COMPETITIVE RELATIONSHIP

[Anonymous No.4492779]

>>4492548
I mean, he's not wrong. I think his only misstep was squaring the success of the Kardashians against the (comparative) lack of his own success. It just makes him look bitter. Which I'm sure he is. But he's still not wrong.

[Anonymous No.4492787]

>>4492779
is troll post

Jonathan Franzen is a lovely man who unfortunately is not talented at creating an image for himself in public appearances

[Anonymous No.4492786]

>>4492758
honestly i'm pretty sure dave won

[Anonymous No.4492789]

>>4492786
inonononnonononoonnonoonnono

read "Farther Away" His essay specifially part aboot DFW. And you will see JF won.

[Anonymous No.4492813]

>>4492556
He LITERALLY** stops the book to start talking to you about the environment. It doesn't explicitly break the fourth wall but you still feel condescended towards.


**Literally here meaning the actual definition of literally, not some hyperbolic usage

[Anonymous No.4492819]

>>4492758
He only won because Dave quit and pissed off Franzen to no end. I don't think he's quite over it. Losing someone you see as a best friend and a rival would be an odd feeling, and his writing since has been tinged with a pretty obvious anger.

[Anonymous No.4492840]

>>4492391
>his hobby his proffesional

[Anonymous No.4492845]

>>4492787
>a lovely man who unfortunately is not talented at creating an image for himself in public appearances
I like that.
That's a nice thought.

[Anonymous No.4493082]

>>4492819
DFW suicide was a career move

[Anonymous No.4493481]

Jonathan Franzen IS GOD READ AMD WEEP MOTHERFUCKERS U JELLY I KNOW YOU R U FUCKS FRANZEN FO LIFE SHO NUFF MY MAN JOHHNY APPLE FUCK IS GOD FUCK YOU TAO LIN FUCK U BEE U FAG FRANZEN FRANZEN FRANZRN

[Anonymous No.4493482]

>>4492548
This is what happens when a 4chan square attempts humour

[Anonymous No.4493488]

>>4492813
no that doesn't happen

[Anonymous No.4493491]

>>4492570
But you didnt read 3 of his books. As if your opinions matters

[Anonymous No.4493801]

>>4492382
>Jonathan Franzen
Is he Taolin 2: Electrick Boogaloo?

[Anonymous No.4493812]

>>4492548
artists are vain
if the public were a little smarter they would like him, if they were a lot smarter, they would disregard him

[Anonymous No.4494117]

The Corrections is outstanding. Freedom isn't quite as good but still far superior to most recent fiction.