![]() Plugged into the irrational grid of America's forever new-and-next economy, the Lamberts find it harder and harder to make sense of their lives or figure out how they fit together. Jude.Īs Franzen zeroes in on the travails of the Lamberts and their three grown children, we see a whole series of storms overtake them: Psychic traumas, career readjustments and impersonal market forces shudder through the family's frail commitments and loyalties. Trees restless, temperatures falling, the whole northern religion of things coming to an end." Shuttered against this quasi-biblical climate is the modest home of Alfred and Enid Lambert, a couple living out their golden years in the fictional Midwestern city of St. The threat of a storm bristles through the opening pages of Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections: "Gust after gust of disorder. By Reviewed Chris Lehmann September 2, 2001 ![]()
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