Authors have entered a war over words with OpenAI for using their books as ‘training’ feedstockBattles between human and artificial intelligence are no longer science fiction. The strikes in Hollywood led by the united guilds of actors and screenwriters have a common, intangible enemy: the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2023-09-23 15:03:31 UTC ]
The list of novels that began their lives as short stories is long and well known. Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Virgin Suicides, Eudory Welty’s The Optimist’s Daughter, Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake (which began as a short story titled “Gogol”), Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway (expanded from her 1923... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-12-15 09:52:44 UTC ]
In fall 2001, we reported on Oprah Winfrey’s decision to rescind her invitation to Jonathan Franzen to appear on her TV show after 'The Corrections' was named an Oprah’s Book Club pick. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-10-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
Books are written in solitude, but writers do some of their finest work with crowds—in public talks, interviews, and events. The best moments from those strange, dramatic interactions often go missing, however: either they’re never recorded, or nobody will ever find the recordings. Fortunately,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-09-14 09:05:43 UTC ]
Last year not only marked the twentieth publication anniversary of Jonathan Franzen’s The Corrections, it also saw the release of his first novel in seven years, Crossroads. So it was only fitting that Picador would embark on a redesign of the author’s backlist. We spoke with Alex Merto, the art... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-03-17 08:54:52 UTC ]
“Crossroads” explores the spiritual costs of hatred and humiliation among a family of five. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-10-05 12:00:00 UTC ]
On October 5, this timeline will be blessed/cursed by Jonathan Franzen’s first novel since 2015: Crossroads, or, if you’re not abbreviating, Crossroads: A Novel: A Key to All Mythologies, Volume 1. It’s the first novel of a trilogy, A Key to All Mythologies, which, yes, nods to the doomed... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-02-10 17:59:29 UTC ]
Jonathan Franzen is set to return in the US next year with Crossroads, the first novel in a new trilogy from the author. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-16 09:26:52 UTC ]
On this episode of Rekindled, Oscar Villalon, editor in chief of ZYZZYVA, speaks with author and illustrator Lisa Brown. Brown’s latest book is called Long Story Short: 100 Classic Books in Three Panels, in which she distills long classics (Proust, Madame Bovary, Jonathan Franzen, etc) into one... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-04-10 20:00:17 UTC ]
Hi — I’m Carolyn Kellogg, books editor of the L.A. Times. This week in print you’ll find the Fall Arts Preview — books included. THE BIG BOOKS This fall brings books from Michelle Obama, Jonathan Franzen, Haruki Murakami, Michael Connelly, Stephen King and more; see our picks of books you won’t... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Franzen’s Purity is to be made into a television show starring Daniel Craig. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The US leader has taken a break from being a world statesman to pay tribute in prose to ‘an American treasure’Charlie Brown and Snoopy have found a high-profile supporter in Barack Obama, who has taken a break from running the US to write the foreword to a new volume collecting what the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
James Bond actor Daniel Craig has reportedly signed up to star in a TV adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s novel Purity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Speaking at the Guadalajara Book Fair, Jonathan Franzen was self-deprecating about his global literary fame. The post Franzen Lives In Denial of His Fame, Or Tries To appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
This week, Jonathan Franzen's latest book, "Purity," tops the Los Angeles Times bestseller list after seven weeks on the chart. Franzen is among America's most high-profile novelists, and he likely reached many new readers with an appearance on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." In a sketch... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Franzen’s fifth novel, Purity, appears, like his previous one, Freedom, amid the media equivalent of the fog of war. There have been trumpeted interviews and fatuous raves, but also misleading headlines, Twitter diatribes, backlashes to the backlash and a deluge of emptily sassy online... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
This year, as always, we walked the aisles to ask our favorite folks in the know what upcoming books they are excited about. The two novels we heard about the most were Jonathan Franzen's 'Purity' (FSG, Sept.) and Garth Risk Hallberg's 'City on Fire' (Knopf, Oct.). Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jonathan Franzen, arguably the most anticipated author at Book Expo, will be featured at the show’s opening session today to talk about "Purity" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Sept. 1), his long-awaited novel and his first in five years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
National Book Award winner Jonathan Franzen will appear at the 2015 BookExpo show on May 27, kicking off the event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate will publish a new novel by Jonathan Franzen next year, titled Purity. The HarperCollins imprint confirmed it would publish simultaneously with US publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux, which plans to release Purity in September next year. Nicholas Pearson, publishing director at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]