Jonathan Franzen
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born
August 17, 1959
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male
place of birth
Chicago, IL, The United States
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Literature & Fiction
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Jonathan Franzen is the author of The Corrections, winner of the 2001 National Book Award for fiction; the novels The Twenty-Seventh City and Strong Motion; and two works of nonfiction, How to Be Alone and The Discomfort Zone, all published by FSG.
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The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen avg rating 3.66 — 13,638 ratings — published 2001 53 editions |
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How to Be Alone: Essays by Jonathan Franzen avg rating 3.60 — 1,573 ratings — published 2002 14 editions |
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The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History by Jonathan Franzen avg rating 3.35 — 821 ratings — published 2006 19 editions |
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The Twenty-Seventh City: A Novel by Jonathan Franzen avg rating 3.17 — 499 ratings — published 1988 15 editions |
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Strong Motion by Jonathan Franzen avg rating 3.35 — 462 ratings — published 1992 7 editions |
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The Corrections: Reader's Companion (Barnes & Noble Reader's Companion Series) by Jonathan Franzen avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 2003 |
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La zone d'inconfort : Une histoire personnelle by Jonathan Franzen, Francis Kerline avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2008 |
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Die Unruhezone by Jonathan Franzen avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2007 |
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PONS Read & Listen, My Father's Brain. Das Gehirn meines Vaters by Jonathan Franzen avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2009 |
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Die 27. Stadt. 7 CDs. by Jonathan Franzen, Christian Brückner avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2004 |
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"I find it a huge strain to be responsible for my tastes and be known and defined by them."
— Jonathan Franzen (Strong Motion)
— Jonathan Franzen (Strong Motion)
"Depression presents itself as a realism regarding the rottenness of the world in general and the rottenness of your life in particular. But the realism is merely a mask for depression's actual essence, which is an overwhelming estrangement from humanity. The more persuaded you are of your unique access to the rottenness, the more afraid you become of engaging with the world; and the less you engage with the world, the more perfidiously happy-faced the rest of humanity seems for continuing to engage with it."
— Jonathan Franzen (How to Be Alone: Essays)
— Jonathan Franzen (How to Be Alone: Essays)
"Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was “a way out of loneliness.”
(NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.) "
— Jonathan Franzen
(NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.) "
— Jonathan Franzen
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