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The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History

by Jonathan Franzen

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen’s  tale of growing up, squirming in his own über-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.

Synopsis:

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.

About the Author

Jonathan Franzen is the author of The Corrections winner of the 2001 National Book Award for fiction; the novels The Twenty-Seventh City and Strong Motion; and a collection of essays, How to Be Alone. He lives in New York City.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780312426408
Subtitle:
A Personal History
Author:
Franzen, Jonathan
Publisher:
Picador USA
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
BIO026000
Copyright:
Publication Date:
August 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
195
Dimensions:
8.22x5.84x.55 in. .44 lbs.

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