How to Be Alone: Essays

Franzen, Jonathan

ISBN 10 : 0743528301 ISBN 13 : 9780743528306

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2002

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

From Jonathan Franzen, the National Book Award–winning author of The Corrections, here are fourteen provocative and entertaining answers to the question of how to be alone in a noisy and distracting mass culture. Although Franzen’s subjects range from the sex-advice industry to the way a supermax prison works, each piece wrestles with essential themes of his writing: the erosion of civic life and private dignity, the dubious claims of technology and psychology, the tragic shape of the individual life.Recent pieces include a moving essay on his father’s struggle with Alzheimer’s disease and a rueful account of Franzen’s brief tenure as an Oprah Winfrey author.

This is a book that will further cement Franzen’s reputation as one of the sharpest, toughest, and liveliest writers at work today.

Biographie de l'auteur

JONATHAN FRANZEN is the author of four novels, The Twenty-Seventh City, Strong Motion, The Corrections (winner of the 2001 National Book Award for Fiction) and the #1 international bestseller Freedom; two collections of essays, How to Be Alone and Farther Away; and a personal history, The Discomfort Zone. In 2010, TIME magazine named him the “Great American Novelist.” Franzen lives in New York City, New York, and Santa Cruz, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0743528301
• ISBN 13: 9780743528306
• Reliure: CD
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible