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Fri May 6, 2016, 02:36 AM May 2016

Jonathan Franzen : "Si vous n'avez pas de problèmes, vous n'êtes pas vraiment intéressant !"



Dual-language interview on France Culture of Jonathan Franzen, American author of Purity (2015), in 2 parts, interesting mainly for the discussion of US primaries, including a consideration of Bernie Sanders' purity at the end of Part II (Franzen says he supports Clinton but not enthuiastically):



Part I: Jonathan Franzen, en quête de nos vérités
http://media.radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/13983-06.05.2016-ITEMA_20978907-1.mp3
06.05.2016 -- 16 min

A l'occasion de la publication en France de son dernier livre "Purity", l'écrivain américain est au micro de Guillaume Erner, dans un entretien enregistré dans les studios de la NPR à New York.
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Part II: Jonathan Franzen, en quête de nos vérités (deuxième partie)
http://media.radiofrance-podcast.net/podcast09/13983-06.05.2016-ITEMA_20978907-2.mp3
06.05.2016 -- 25 min
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