How To Be Alone Tapa blanda - 2003

Harper Perennial, 2003. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Picador USA, 2003. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Synopsis: 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. Review:Jonathan Franzen is smart and brash, the kind of person you want as your social critic but not… Leer más