How to Be Alone - Jonathan Franzen

Jonathan Franzen

Category: General Fiction

Tags: General Fiction

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 Franzens 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 Franzens controversial l996 investigation of the fate of the American novel in what became known as the Harpers essay, as well as his award-winning narrative of his fathers struggle with Alzheimers disease, and a rueful account of his brief tenure as an Oprah Winfrey author., A Word About This Book My Fathers Brain Imperial Bedroom Why Bother Lost in the Mail Erika Imports Sifting the Ashes A Reader in Exile First City Scavenging Control Units Mr. Difficult Books in Bed