From Jonathan Franzen, the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections, come 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.
| ISBN: | 9781443432597 |
| Publication date: | 22nd October 2013 |
| Author: | Franzen, Jonathan |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Ebook |
From Jonathan Franzen, the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections, come 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.
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How To Be Alone was written by Franzen, Jonathan and published by HarperCollins Publishers
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