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Jonathan Franzen has written a theological soap opera. “Crossroads,” his latest novel, features the family of Associate Pastor Russ Hildebrandt who ministers at the First Reform Church in New Prospect,
"Crossroads" by Jonathan Franzen; Farrar, Straus & Giroux (592 pages, $28)———Even with God on their side, the Hildebrandt
A multigenerational saga about a Midwestern family, Crossroads is like most of Franzen novels—with one exception: Every plotline leads to the big guy himself.
For years, his work has been marked by his creeping fear that the world is in need of an urgent intervention—and why not from him?
FICTION: Religious idealism confronts a fractured family in Jonathan Franzen's sprawling new novel. "Crossroads" by Jonathan Franzen; Farrar, Straus & Giroux (592 pages, $28) ——— Even with God on their