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We met the week of the so-called Franzenfreude debate, when writer Jennifer Weiner claimed a book by a woman would never attract the kind of attention Jonathan Franzen's novel Freedom has received.
Curtis Sittenfeld: 'American Wife is the opposite of satire' Hadley Freeman 2010
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Already, the word "Franzenfreude" has entered the language.
Britishness Acquires an Extra Crunch Sam Leith 2010
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'Franzenfreude' What a face we Brits present to America sometimes.
Britishness Acquires an Extra Crunch Sam Leith 2010
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She was kind enough to answer my questions on giveaways and even a question on Franzenfreude.
Catherine McKenzie: Emily Giffin Talks Book Giveaways (and a little Franzenfeude) Catherine McKenzie 2010
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She was kind enough to answer my questions on giveaways and even a question on Franzenfreude.
Catherine McKenzie: Emily Giffin Talks Book Giveaways (and a little Franzenfeude) Catherine McKenzie 2010
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Franzenfreude is taking pain in the multiple and copious reviews being showered on Jonathan Franzen.
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Weiner has even come up with a phrase to describe her feelings: Franzenfreude.
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Franzenfreude is taking pain in the multiple and copious reviews being showered on Jonathan Franzen.
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Weiner has even come up with a phrase to describe her feelings: Franzenfreude.
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Franzenfreude is taking pain in the multiple and copious reviews being showered on Jonathan Franzen.
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“The novelists Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner began complaining on Twitter last week that the Times only liked books by "white men from Brooklyn," starting the hashtag on Twitter #Franzenfreude, by means of which people could recommend good and, one supposes, comparatively obscure novels by women.”
The Awl, Behind the Franzenfreude, by MIchelle Dean, August 26, 2010
August 31, 2010