| How to Be Alone Contributor(s): Franzen, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312422164 ISBN-13: 9780312422165 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $21.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: From the National Book Award-winning author of "The Corrections," a collection of essays that reveal him to be one of the sharpest, toughest, and most entertaining social critics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: 814.54 |
| LCCN: 2004559310 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.54" W x 8.32" (0.61 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the National Book Award-winning author of The Corrections, a collection of essays that reveal him to be one of our sharpest, toughest, and most entertaining social critics While the essays in this collection range in subject matter from the sex-advice industry to the way a supermax prison works, each one wrestles with the essential themes of Franzen's writing: the erosion of civil life and private dignity; and the hidden persistence of loneliness in postmodern, imperial America. Reprinted here for the first time is Franzen's controversial l996 investigation of the fate of the American novel in what became known as the Harper's essay, as well as his award-winning narrative of his father's struggle with Alzheimer's disease, and a rueful account of his brief tenure as an Oprah Winfrey author. |
Contributor Bio(s): Franzen, Jonathan: - Jonathan Franzen is the author of Purity, The Corrections, Freedom, among other novels, and five works of nonfiction and translation, including Farther Away and The Kraus Project, all published by FSG. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the German Akademie der Künste, and the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. |