The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
Jonathan Franzen$14.45
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen's tale of growing up, squirming in his own ber-sensitive skin, from a "small and fundamentally ridiculous person," into an adult with strong inconvenient passions. Whether he's writing about the explosive dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship in the 1970s, the effects of Kafka's fiction on his protracted quest to lose his virginity, or the web of connections between bird watching, his all-consuming marriage, and the problem of global warming, Franzen is always feelingly engaged with the world we live in now. The Discomfort Zone is a wise, funny, and gorgeously written self-portrait by one of America's finest writers.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 08/21/2007
ISBN: 9780312426408
Pages: 195
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.84w x 0.55d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/23/2007 pg. 28
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 115282 / Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
Reading Level: 7.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11