乔纳森·弗兰岑(Jonathan Franzen,1959—),美国当代知名作家,著有五部长篇小说:《第二十七大城市》(1988)、《强震》(1992)、《纠正》(2001)、《自由》(2010)和《清纯》(2015)。另外还著有《如何独处》(2002)和《远行》(2012)两本散文集,回忆录《尴尬境地》(2006),并翻译了德国剧作家弗兰克·魏德金的话剧《春情萌动》(2007)和奥地利作家卡尔·克劳斯的散文《克劳斯计划》(2013)。《粗鄙共和国》(The Republic of Bad Taste)摘选自长篇小说 Jonathan Franzen (1959-), a well-known contemporary American writer, is the author of five novels: The Twenty-seventh City (1988), Strong Earthquake (1992), Correction ), Freedom (2010) and Pure (2015). In addition, there are two essays: “How to be alone” (2002) and “Yuanhang” (2012), the memoir “Embarrassment” (2006) and the translation of German dramatist Frank Weidking’s drama " ) And the Klaus Plan by the Austrian writer Karl Klaus (2013). The Republic of Bad Taste is a selection of novels