Farther away

Summary: In "Farther Away," which gathers together essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes, both human and literary, that have long preoccupied him.

Record details

ISBN: 0374153574
ISBN: 9780374153571
Physical Description: 321 p. ; 22 cm.
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Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Pain won't kill you (2011) -- Farther away (2011) -- The greatest family ever storied (2010) -- Hornets (2010) -- The ugly Mediterranean (2010) -- The corn king (2010) -- On autobiographical fiction (2009) -- I just called to say I love you (2008) -- The end of the binge (2008) -- David Foster Wallace (2008) -- The Chinese puffin (2008) -- On the laughing policeman (2008) -- Comma-then (2008) -- Authentic but horrible (2007) -- Interview with New York state (2007) -- Love letters (2005) -- Our little planet (2005) -- What makes you so sure you're not the evil one yourself? (2004) -- Our relations (2004) -- The man in the gray flannel suit (2002) -- No end to it.