| Farther Away Contributor(s): Franzen, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1250033292 ISBN-13: 9781250033291 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: 814.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 5.65" W x 8.07" (0.61 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this incisive collection of speeches and essays, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes, both human and literary, that have long preoccupied him. Whether recalling his violent encounter with bird poachers in Cyprus, examining his feelings about the suicide of his friend and rival David Foster Wallace, or offering a moving and witty take on the ways that technology has changed how people express their love, these pieces deliver on Franzen's implicit promise to conceal nothing. A remarkable and revelatory work from one of our greatest living novelists, Farther Away traces the progress of a unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature, and with some of the most important issues of our day. |
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. |