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On Oct 19, 2015, Jonathan Franzen has returned to the John Adams Institute with an impressive new novel about youthful idealism, fidelity, identity and secrets. 'Purity' is the story of a young girl named Pip (born Purity) Tyler who goes in search of her unknown father.
Written with “conversational, enormously intelligent prose that wears its subtlety and precision lightly,” according to a review of a pre-publication of 'Purity' by The Guardian, the novel takes the reader from California to Bolivia and Germany, following a cast of vividly original characters.
Jonathan Franzen also visited the John Adams in 2010, 2006 and 2002.
On Oct 19, 2015, Jonathan Franzen has returned to the John Adams Institute with an impressive new novel about youthful idealism, fidelity, identity and secrets. 'Purity' is the story of a young girl named Pip (born Purity) Tyler who goes in search of her unknown father.
Written with “conversational, enormously intelligent prose that wears its subtlety and precision lightly,” according to a review of a pre-publication of 'Purity' by The Guardian, the novel takes the reader from California to Bolivia and Germany, following a cast of vividly original characters.
Jonathan Franzen also visited the John Adams in 2010, 2006 and 2002.
