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2. How to Be Alone (book) - Wikipedia

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   Most of the essays previously appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Details, and Graywolf Forum.In the introductory essay, "A Word About This Book," Franzen notes that the "underlying investigation in all these essays" is "the problem of preserving individuality and complexity in a noisy and distracting mass culture: the question of how to be alone."

3. Jonathan Franzen - Wikipedia

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   Jonathan Earl Franzen (born August 17, 1959) is an American novelist and essayist. His 2001 novel The Corrections drew widespread critical acclaim, earned Franzen a National Book Award, was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist, earned a James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and was shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award.

4. How to Be Alone - Wikipedia

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   How to Be Alone may refer to: in literature: How to Be Alone, a 2002 book by Jonathan Franzen; How to Be Alone, a 2014 book by Sara Maitland; How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't, a 2018 book by Lane Moore "How to be alone", a 2016 poem by Donika Kelly; in other media: How to Be Alone, a 2016 short film

5. Why Bother? (essay) - Wikipedia

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   In a review of How to Be Alone for The A.V. Club, Andy Battaglia called Franzen's conclusions "a lot more heartening than might be expected", and found that the collection of essays was made far more interesting by both Franzen's tone of anxiety, as well as the controversies surrounding The Corrections being selected for Oprah's Book Club. [4]

6. Peter Franzén - Wikipedia

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   Franzén was born in Keminmaa, north Finland.Franzén has described his childhood as difficult due to his violent and alcoholic stepfather. Later, Franzén's relationship to his abusive stepfather was a major focal point in his semi-autobiographical novel, Above Dark Waters. [1]

7. See inside: $5 million 'Home Alone' house finds buyer in time ...

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   The "Home Alone" house was built in 1921 and is over 9,000 square feet. It also features four fireplaces, two laundry rooms, two hot tubs, a wet bar, recreation space, a gym, a private movie ...

8. The Corrections - Wikipedia

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   The Corrections is a 2001 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen.It revolves around the troubles of an elderly Midwestern couple and their three adult children, tracing their lives from the mid-20th century to "one last Christmas" together near the turn of the millennium.

9. Freedom (Franzen novel) - Wikipedia

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   Freedom is a 2010 novel by American author Jonathan Franzen.It was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Freedom received general acclaim from book critics, was ranked one of the best books of 2010 by several publications, [1] [2] and called by some critics the "Great American Novel". [3]