An edition of How to Be Alone: essays (2002)

How to be alone

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An edition of How to Be Alone: essays (2002)

How to be alone

essays

1st Picador ed.

by , , and

  • ★★★ 3.40 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 20 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 6 Have read

Earlier versions of most of these essays first appeared in Details, Graywolf Forum, Harper's, and The New Yorker. The essay "Mr. Difficult" has been added to this paperback edition, and the essay "Scavenging" has been modified.

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador
Language
English
Pages
306

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Subjects
Essays, Essays (single author), Reportage literature, American essays, Lifestyles, Living alone, Life Style, Essais américains, Style de vie, Vivre seul
People
Jonathan Franzen
Times
20th century, 20e siècle

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How to be alone: essays
2003, Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Picador
Paperback in English - 1st Picador ed.
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How to be Alone
2002, Fourth Estate Ltd, 4th Estate
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How to be alone: essays
2002, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Table of Contents

A word about this book. 3
My father's brain. 7
Imperial bedroom. 39
Why bother?. 55
Lost in the mail. 98
Erika imports. 139
Sifting the ashes. 143
The reader in exile. 164
First city. 179
Scavenging. 195
Control units. 207
Mr. Difficult. 238
Books in bed. 270
Meet me in St. Louis. 286
Inauguration Day, January 2001. 303

Edition Notes

Revised and expanded to include the recent essay "Mr. Difficult".

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New York, USA
Copyright Date
2002

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
814/.54
Library of Congress
PS3556.R352 H69 2003, PS3556.R352H69 2003

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
306 p. ;
Number of pages
306
Dimensions
21 x 14 x 2 centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3383663M
ISBN 10
0312422164
ISBN 13
9780312422165
LCCN
2004559310
OCLC/WorldCat
53318389
Library Thing
3509
Goodreads
666215

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Work Description

Collection of some of Franzen's essays, including the one known as "the Harper's essay". Some are edited or tweaked from their original printings. A mixture of topics but well-written and enjoyable; Franzen is as thoughtful as ever.

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