Jonathan Franzen on Underappreciated Books

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@nicholasschroeder3678 3 года назад

Franzen talks and looks like an overworked mechanic who really doesn't want to commit to an estimate on your car.

@rmcnabb 2 года назад

That is really funny. Well said.

@ARIZJOE 2 года назад

Yes. His shirt collar and eyeglass frames are too small for his considerable countenance.

@Charles-Anthony 10 лет назад

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll definitely check out The Greenlanders. My opinion on underappreciated books would be the Gothic books of the late 18th Century. Most of my favourite books are of this literary Gothic genre which had its heyday in the 1790s. Ann Radcliffe, Eliza Parsons and many other writers wrote many gems during this period. Most of these books are almost entirely forgotten.

@kenlumberg1395 11 лет назад

Infinite Jest is so good. I read it in 1997 or so and just started re-reading it. I think it's possibly the best novel since the 1920's. It is just amazing in so many ways.

@shernrerrsMYTUBE 3 года назад

Sorry to correct you but The Hobbit was released in the 30's not the 20's

@retroblue69696 Год назад

@@shernrerrsMYTUBE the hobbit and anything lord of the rings related is trash, its just a bunch of dwarf's walking.

@shernrerrsMYTUBE Год назад

@@retroblue69696 Dwarves* (I wouldn't argue with Tolkien's spelling) are never the main character in the Hobbit, LOTR or the Silmarillion. If you actually dislike it I pity you

@jimjimmy8900 Год назад

@@shernrerrsMYTUBE no one deserves pity for having good taste

@pallhe 6 лет назад

He also likes Independent People by Halldor Laxness. I'll plug that one any day.

@dantheman1624 2 года назад

Also would add Norman Mailer “harlots ghost”…

@cynthmcgpoet 11 лет назад

So far, I'm 1/4 of the way through Infinite Jest, and I'm really getting into it. So worth the effort, because it's both brutal and funny in the sense that it is authentic. Life is the same way if you really think about it and try not to distract yourself from it.

@kavi7880 2 года назад

What did you think of it?

@JHarder1000 2 года назад

I'll plug the greatest American novel to come out of WW2. Guard Of Honor, by James Gould Cozzens.

@cynthmcgpoet 10 лет назад

Got to that part. Amazing and gut-wrenching stuff. Thanks for not spoiling it for me. ;)

@clemfarley7257 Год назад

I’m glad he mentioned Stead. Great book.

@cynthmcgpoet 10 лет назад

I've studied a smidge of organizational behavior in my earlier grad studies, and FWIW there is really no overlap between anxiety and pretention. Narcissism is like oil to anxiety's water. Hope the metaphor comes through here.

@sterlingwalter5971 5 лет назад

Good job !

@freedomandliberty93 10 лет назад

Or to divide the interview into different topic so those who may only be interested in a certain part of an interview doesn't have to watch an entire interview.

@beatles61 11 лет назад

I love how the top comments compliment eachother.

@Maggdusa 7 месяцев назад

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts is severely underappreciated.

@davidclough2731 10 лет назад

Somewhat, but I think it's basically due to The Corrections.

@vorjay 11 лет назад

so they can put an advertisement in front of all of them.

@venusboys3 11 лет назад

why chop up the interview into these annoying little snippets?

@breeeegs 2 месяца назад

Annoying snippets of an annoying man

@dantheman1624 2 года назад

Bob Shacochis The Woman who lost her soul….

@mskcouric 11 лет назад

Push on through. Once you hit page 600 you will not put it down.

@gmylius 2 года назад

So you just have to read 2 novels worth of writing before it gets good? (Just kidding, I really like DFW, but it reminded me of a college professor who once told me that around page 400 Richardson's Pamela got really good.)

@mskcrc 2 года назад

@@gmylius It's more like 200 pages before the structure starts to make sense, but I enjoyed much of the book. Don't read it if you don't want to. Just don't be one of those pretentious fucks who talks shit on it without ever opening it up.

@giorgostarnaras5658 2 года назад

@@mskcrc I agree the first 200 pages were the hardest to get through

@mskcouric 11 лет назад

Anyone who reads it without two bookmarks is a masochist.

@hiddenpunk291 11 лет назад

because the average attention spans of internet users are 2mins

@cynthmcgpoet 11 лет назад

Sorry...I've got two accounts and accidentally posted that via my old online college. Still me, though. ;)

@depeupleurs 11 лет назад

Because if it was any longer it would be toxic.

@herrklamm1454 3 года назад

In another video this guy says Wallace is overrated. Confused.

@fernandogavino1984 3 года назад

He never said Wallace, he said Forster. Probably, E. M. Forster.

@Monsterassassin3 2 года назад

No way hed say that, him and Wallace were good friends

@jim40135 11 лет назад

...hmm. What?

@zyzdzy 3 года назад

….hmmm, not sure…?

@jojomellon 10 лет назад

I think the majority of Franzen's cred is simply because he was DFW's friend.

@aristotle4048 7 лет назад

Franzen is actually a good novelist. DFW is fairly overrated

@likuanwei 7 лет назад

jojomellon That's not true. He's written fairly good books.

@clintondixon4828 6 лет назад

Complete and utter garbage. Franzen is a brilliant author in his own right.

@thomasceneri867 3 года назад

He is, but he’s so pompous.

@1otterclan 5 месяцев назад

Wrong

@landesal 11 лет назад

I always have porn on different tabs. It is very convenient.

@NealDurando 2 года назад

Franzen doesn't understand the difference between "a plug" and an honest comment.

@kmh1963 Год назад

I think he should stick to writing. Talking is not his forte.

@TheMOlague Год назад

Wow, what a waste of opportunity to showcase the work of some really underappreciated writers, especially to American readers. And then to include Infinite Jest in this category. Insane. The most overappreciated, overhyped book in my opinion. Big-budget fiction like Franzen's just doesn't appeal to me.

@OmarDrake 11 лет назад

Jonathan Franzen: redefining the word "pretentious" like only he could.

@mark-jensbarton8363 6 лет назад

Omar Drake You clearly have no idea what the word pretentious means.

@felixheavier5478 Год назад

All American literature is a poor sketch of English literature. John Milton ,Paradise Lost, is more vital and original than anything this chubby hack or any of his misbegotten compatriots have manged to squeeze out.