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I was also completely smitten with Franzen's ability to describe the tangibly horrifying problems in our "correctional"...more...]]> 12828 0007153589 9780007153589 157 12 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166510244m/12828.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12828.How_to_Be_Alone 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 10:02:42 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 01:14:04 -0700 2009
and yet there was something really beguilling about this book. i loved 'the corrections' but couldn't explain why, aside from isolated ...more...]]> 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 3 0 false Sun May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 12:01:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 08:31:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 3 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 07:44:57 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 07:50:02 -0800 2008 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 0 1 false Wed Oct 10 18:10:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 10 21:36:33 -0700 2007 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 5 0 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Apr 26 13:18:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 07:38:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 854625 0007147252 9780007147250 10 2 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178925079m/854625.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/854625.How_to_Be_Alone 2 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 10 20:13:12 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 10:51:12 -0700 2009
While it wasn't published until 2002, most of these essays are from the 1990's. I found myself surprised at how very much has changed in the past decade. T...more...]]> 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 4 1 false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 25 15:26:41 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 14 15:52:14 -0700 2009
Reading is a solitary activity, as anyone reading this is likely to understand. Never am I more aware of this than when I try to talk to friends and family about what I'm reading. I think that is why so many of us have joined this...more...]]> 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 2 1 false Sun Oct 19 08:17:43 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 08:33:45 -0700 2008
Jonathan Franzen should appeal to a guy like me: hip, Gen X, a thorough essayist and reporter, and a beloved New Yorker writer to boot. We share a certain level of technophobia and affection for found objects. What's not to love?

First, he's one of thes...more...]]> 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 4 0 false Fri Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 18:44:10 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 22 05:51:26 -0700 2008 more...]]> 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 4 0 false Tue Jun 17 20:02:20 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 20:13:29 -0700 2008
Granted, there are a few missteps here and there, particularly in areas where hindsight renders some orneriness a bit misplaced. Probably the most egregious example of this is the badly dated rant against pro-privacy doomsa...more...]]> 666215 0312422164 9780312422165 1602 193 3.59 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176928009m/666215.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/666215.How_to_Be_Alone_Essays 5 0 false Wed Apr 23 05:15:33 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 07:51:40 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 08:00:39 -0700 2008 now, with nearly 10 years between us and the time in which many of these essays were written, many of the points made here have done nothing but become more poignant.
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