How to Be Alone：Essays

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jonathan Franzen 著
• 出版社 Picador
• 出版时间 2003-10
• ISBN 9780312422165
• 定价 117.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

FromtheNationalBookAward-winningauthorofTheCorrections,acollectionofessaysthatrevealhimtobeoneofoursharpest,toughest,andmostentertainingsocialcritics

Whiletheessaysinthiscollectionrangeinsubjectmatterfromthesex-adviceindustrytothewayasupermaxprisonworks,eachonewrestleswiththeessentialthemesofFranzen'swriting:theerosionofcivillifeandprivatedignity;andthehiddenpersistenceoflonelinessinpostmodern,imperialAmerica.ReprintedhereforthefirsttimeisFranzen’scontroversiall996investigationofthefateoftheAmericannovelinwhatbecameknownas"theHarper'sessay,"aswellashisaward-winningnarrativeofhisfather'sstrugglewithAlzheimer'sdisease,andaruefulaccountofhisbrieftenureasanOprahWinfreyauthor.

【作者简介】

JonathanFranzenistheauthoroffournovels,TheTwenty-SeventhCity(1988),StrongMotion(1992),TheCorrections(2001)andFreedom(2010);acollectionofnonfiction,HowtoBeAlone(2002);andTheDiscomfortZone(2006),amemoir.--Thistextrefer