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A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of ‘The Corrections’.



Trade Review

'His discreetly devastating comic timing derives from the tension between the optimism of his ambition and the reality of the attempts to deal with the experiences that have marked his career as one America's best novelist and essayist.' Times

'Franzen's memoir is cleverly written and often fun to read…He's funny and self deprecating…' Sunday Telegraph

‘Wonderful and supremely personal…' Time Magazine

'Reading such honest, awkward, tender pieces as these, the socially isolated individual may feel that little bit less lonely.' New Statesman.

'The close of this book is almost miraculous; we are reminded that Franzen, at his best, can write like a dream.' FT Magazine

The Discomfort Zone A Personal History

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    Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication Date: 02/07/2007
    ISBN13: 9780007234257, 978-0007234257
    ISBN10: 0007234252
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    Biography Essays Memoirs ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: fiction

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of ‘The Corrections’.



    Trade Review

    'His discreetly devastating comic timing derives from the tension between the optimism of his ambition and the reality of the attempts to deal with the experiences that have marked his career as one America's best novelist and essayist.' Times

    'Franzen's memoir is cleverly written and often fun to read…He's funny and self deprecating…' Sunday Telegraph

    ‘Wonderful and supremely personal…' Time Magazine

    'Reading such honest, awkward, tender pieces as these, the socially isolated individual may feel that little bit less lonely.' New Statesman.

    'The close of this book is almost miraculous; we are reminded that Franzen, at his best, can write like a dream.' FT Magazine

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