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Nov 08, 2014 taken from the essay collection farther away. Many of farther away s features explore creativity and craftsmanship. Farther away is a 2012 collection of essays by the american writer jonathan franzen. This time the writer opts for nonfiction, relating his opinions on environmental devastation in china and cyprus, as well as revealing his literary tastes. Farther away farther away audiobook, by jonathan franzen. Franzen s 2003 essay collection how to be alone provided welcome context to his novel the corrections. Jonathan franzens freedom was the runaway mostdiscussed novel of 2010, an ambitious and searching engagement with life in america in the 21st century 1 9 of 9 titles. Since his debut novel, the twentyseventh city, jonathan franzen has been writing brilliantly about the unraveling american dream in its many permutations. Farther away features musings inspired by both the natural and the technological worlds and. Now, a new collection of franzens nonfiction brings fresh demonstrations of his vivid, moral intelligence, confirming his status not only as a great american novelist but also as a.
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