Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen (Einaudi, p. 640, € 22; translated by Silvia Pareschi)
There is nothing more exciting, literally speaking, than the release of the latest novel by Franzen, the writer who is lawful to love and hate, but not to ignore. Almost twenty years on The corrections in which he had vivisected the Lambert family, arrives Crossroads, his sixth novel is part of a trilogy entitled “A Key to All Mithologies”, which focuses on the Hildebrandts: Russ, pastor of the First Reformed Church (in existential crisis and aspiring faithless), his wife Marion (dull provincial woman who, under the extra pounds and hatred of Santa Claus, she hides terrible secrets: keep an eye on her, she is a gigantic character) and their four children, Clem, disillusioned with their father, Becky, beauty queen with mystical crisis, Perry, IQ very high and psychic problems, and little Judson, of whom we still know little. We are in New Prospect, a suburb of Chicago, and are just a few days away from Christmas 1971. Have fun: this Franzen is pure enjoyment.
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