The End of the End of the EarthA sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The CorrectionsIn The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigour to the themes - both human and literary - that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounting his young adulthood in New York, or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis, these pieces contain all the wit and disabused realism that we've come to expect from Franzen. Taken together, these essays trace the progress of a unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature and with some of the most important issues of our day, made more pressing by the current political milieu. The End of the End of the Earth is remarkable, provocative and necessary. |
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User Review - msf59 - LibraryThing“We spend our days reading, on screens, stuff we'd never bother reading in a printed book, and bitch about how busy we are.” Franzen seems to be the most divisive of all living authors. I know he is ... Read full review
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User Review - Tytania - LibraryThingThe book is about 50% birds, and I'm really just not that into birds, or nature or conservation writing. So, I skimmed a couple of chapters. He's good when he is writing from a personal perspective. I ... Read full review
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| Title | The End of the End of the Earth |
| Author | Jonathan Franzen |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2019 |
| ISBN | 0008299269, 9780008299262 |
| Length | 240 pages |
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