| The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History Contributor(s): Franzen, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312426402 ISBN-13: 9780312426408 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: This book delivers the intimate memoir of Franzens growth from a "small and fundamentally ridiculous person," through an excruciating and strangely happy adolescence, and into his adult life with embarrassing and unexpected passions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Literary Collections | Essays |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 5.84" W x 8.22" (0.44 lbs) 208 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 115282 Reading Level: 7.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New York Times Notable Book of the Year The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen's tale of growing up, squirming in his own ber-sensitive skin, from a small and fundamentally ridiculous person, into an adult with strong inconvenient passions. Whether he's writing about the explosive dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship in the 1970s, the effects of Kafka's fiction on his protracted quest to lose his virginity, or the web of connections between bird watching, his all-consuming marriage, and the problem of global warming, Franzen is always feelingly engaged with the world we live in now. The Discomfort Zone is a wise, funny, and gorgeously written self-portrait by one of America's finest writers. |
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. |