New York:: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,, (2002.). SIGNED hardcover -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light crease to upper corner of front endpaper and first few leaves) . 2nd printing. First collection of essays by the award-winning author of 'The Corrections,' including his controversial Harper's article on the modern novel, an award-winning and moving account of his father's struggle with Alzheimer's disease, and an account of his brief tenure as an "Oprah pick." SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp.

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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: Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 45282
Title: HOW TO BE ALONE: Essays.
Author: Franzen, Jonathan
Format/Binding: SIGNED hardcover -
Book Condition: Used - Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light crease to upper corner of front endpaper and first few leaves)
Jacket Condition: near fine
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0374173273
ISBN 13: 9780374173272
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
Place of Publication: New York:
Date Published: (2002.)
Keywords: alzheimer's, modern life, prisons, oprah, novels,
Bookseller catalogs: Essays;

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