The End of the End of the Earth
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The End of the End of the Earth

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The End of the End of the Earth

Essays

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About This Book

The award-winning author of Freedom examines topics like the future of the planet, public discourse, and himself in this provocative essay collection. The essayist, Jonathan Franzen writes, is like "a fire-fighter, whose job, while everyone else is fleeing the flames of shame, is to run straight into them." For the past twenty-five years, even as his novels have earned him worldwide acclaim, Franzen has led a second life as a risk-taking essayist. Now, at a moment when technology has inflamed tribal hatreds and the planet is beset by unnatural calamities, he is back with a new collection of essays that recall us to more humane ways of being in the world. Whatever his subject, Franzen's essays are always skeptical of received opinion, steeped in irony, and frank about his own feelings. Calm, poignant, carefully argued, full of wit, The End of the End of the Earth provides a welcome breath of hope and reason. Praise for The End of the End of the Earth "Feels carefully crafted around a central concern: 'How do we find meaning in our actions when the world seems to be coming to an end?'... Franzen proves himself up to the challenge of the essay as a form, as 'something hazarded, not definitive, not authoritative, ' and of a subject so vast and important that it affects us all. Ignore the tweets, read the book." ā€” Financial Times "The work of a writer at the top of his gameā€”limber and lovely, delivering deep insights with delicacy and grace." ā€” The Guardian

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Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year
2018
ISBN
9780374719289
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Essays
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. The Essay in Dark Times
  6. Manhattan 1981
  7. Why Birds Matter
  8. Save What You Love
  9. Capitalism in Hyperdrive
  10. May Your Life Be Ruined
  11. A Friendship
  12. A Rooting Interest
  13. Ten Rules for the Novelist
  14. Missing
  15. The Regulars
  16. Invisible Losses
  17. 9/13/01
  18. Postcards from East Africa
  19. The End of the End of the Earth
  20. Xing Ped
  21. Epilogue: What If we Stopped Pretending?
  22. A Note on the Epilogue
  23. Notes
  24. Also by Jonathan Franzen
  25. Additional Praise for The End of the End of the Earth
  26. A Note About the Author
  27. Newsletter Sign-up
  28. Contents
  29. Copyright