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Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
5.0

Unfortunately, I missed the chance of hearing Jonathan Franzen here in Copenhagen, but I'm happy I decided to revisit Freedom. I have it on my shelves and read it years ago, but decided I'd give it a listen. The narrator, David Ledoux, is really good.

I can't believe how good this book is and how fresh it still feels. Those family arguments – they made me cringe and lol almost simultaneously.

When I read it the first time, I didn't know Proust, but clearly, Franzen has picked up Proust's way of dissecting the way we can convince ourselves that something is a good idea when CLEARLY IT ISN'T.