Over the last couple weeks, praise has been pouring in for Jonathan Franzen’s new novel Freedom . All that praise was expected to pour in, with Franzen having assumed the role of our premier Great American Novelist ever since publishing 2001′s much-acclaimed The Corrections. So it’s not surprising that Franzen’s latest book, his first in 9 years, is good. It’s not surprising that the novel launches a finely nuanced,… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Freedom’: The Green American Novel?