It was being reported on a  number of celebrity and TV blogs that the stars would be joining Diane Wiest and Ewan McGreggor in the HBO adaptation of Franzen’s 2001 novel. Gyllenhaal – star of ‘Donnie Darko’ and ‘Dark Knight’  has … Continue reading →

Jonathan Franzen this week confirmed that he is working with HBO on an adaptation of his internationally best-selling novel, ‘The Corrections’. In an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick, Franzen confirmed that he has ‘been working with Scott Rudin and … Continue reading →

Art Director Julian Humphries talks about the design approach to the Freedom paperback cover and shows us some versions that didn’t make the final cut We always knew the design needed to be simple and iconic so decided to play … Continue reading →

For those of you who would prefer to kick back and listen to an extract of ‘Freedom’, free from issuu widgety-things and the complications of downloading PDFs, simply click the link below and hear the first five minutes of the … Continue reading →

One year on and after more column inches than I could ever hope to count, 4th Estate are publishing Jonathan Franzen’s critically acclaimed ‘Freedom’ in paperback. Actually, without wanting to blow our own trumpet too much, critically acclaimed doesn’t quite cover it. The … Continue reading →