The Discomfort Zone

Jonathan Franzens autobiografische Geschichte seiner Jugend im Mittleren Westen und seines Erwachsenwerdens in New York. Ein glänzend erzähltes und zwingend glaubwürdiges Spiegelbild der USA seit den Siebzigern und ein liebevoll-komisches Porträt einer typischen US-Mittelschichtfamilie.iBrilliant award-winning personal history from the author of The Corrections./i

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Franzen's work includes four novels ( The Twenty-Seventh City , Strong Motion , The Corrections , Freedom ), two collections of essays ( Farther Away , How To Be Alone ), a memoir ( The Discomfort Zone ), and, most recently, The Kraus Project . He is recognised as one of the best American writers of our age and has won many awards. He lives in New York City and Santa Cruz, California. Klappentext Subtitled, "A Personal History". Jonathan Franzen, named one of the best American novelists under forty by "Granta" and the "New Yorker", tells his own personal story of growing up in 1970s America. His betselling "The Corrections" will be reissued with a new cover to coincide with the paperback publication of his memoirs. 'Franzen's memoir is cleverly written and often fun to read... He's funny and self deprecating...' "Sunday Telegraph" Zusammenfassung A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'.

Autorentext

Jonathan Franzen's work includes four novels (The Twenty-Seventh City, Strong Motion, The Corrections, Freedom), two collections of essays (Farther Away, How To Be Alone), a memoir (The Discomfort Zone), and, most recently, The Kraus Project. He is recognised as one of the best American writers of our age and has won many awards. He lives in New York City and Santa Cruz, California.

Klappentext

Subtitled, "A Personal History". Jonathan Franzen, named one of the best American novelists under forty by "Granta" and the "New Yorker", tells his own personal story of growing up in 1970s America. His betselling "The Corrections" will be reissued with a new cover to coincide with the paperback publication of his memoirs. 'Franzen's memoir is cleverly written and often fun to read... He's funny and self deprecating...' "Sunday Telegraph"

Zusammenfassung
A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'.