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How to Be Alone: Essays Franzen, Jonathan
by Franzen, Jonathan
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0374173273
- ISBN 13
- 9780374173272
- Seller
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Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002-10-01. Hardcover. Like New. 1st edition 1st printing - signed by Franzen on title page - slight stain on closed page edge - otherwise a fine clean like new collectible with like new dust jacket now in mylar cover - enjoy
Synopsis
How to Be Alone is a 2002 book collecting fourteen essays by Jonathan Franzen. Most of the essays previously appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Details, and Graywolf Forum. In the introductory essay, "A Word About This Book", Franzen notes that the "underlying investigation in all these essays" is "the problem of preserving individuality and complexity in a noisy and distracting mass culture: the question of how to be alone.
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- Bookseller
- Twice Sold Tales (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NPN-HQE-IHH
- Title
- How to Be Alone: Essays Franzen, Jonathan
- Author
- Franzen, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0374173273
- ISBN 13
- 9780374173272
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002-10-01
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