Jonathan Franzen | PURITY “There’s that great passage in Proust where Marcel talks about imagining the face of the girl you’ve only glimpsed from behind. How beautiful the unseen face always is. I have yet to experience the disappointing reality of César.” — Jonathan Franzen | PURITY glamour, recursionNatasha JoukovskyJuly 25, 2017Jonathan Franzen, Marcel Proust, Purity, imagination, reality, 2Comment
Jonathan Franzen | FREEDOM “But nothing disturbs the feeling of specialness like the presence of other human beings feeling identically special.” — Jonathan Franzen | FREEDOM glamourNatasha JoukovskyOctober 5, 2016Jonathan Franzen, Freedom, 1Comment
Jonathan Franzen | THE CORRECTIONS “Elective ignorance was a great survival skill, perhaps the greatest.” — Jonathan Franzen | THE CORRECTIONS glamourNatasha JoukovskyOctober 5, 2016Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections, 1Comment