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Book

The end of the end of the earth : essays

Call Number

  • 814 F837.2 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

Physical Description

230 pages ; 22 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections

Summary

In this collection of essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Franzen explores his complex relationship with his uncle, recounts his young adulthood in New York, and offers an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis. Taken together, these essays trace the progress of a unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature, and with some of the most important issues of our day.

Contents

  • The essay in dark times
  • Manhattan 1981
  • Why birds matter
  • Save what you love
  • Capitalism in hyperdrive
  • May your life be ruined
  • A friendship
  • A rooting interest
  • Ten rules for the novelist
  • Missing
  • The regulars
  • Invisible losses
  • 9/13/01
  • Postcards from East Africa
  • The end of the end of the Earth
  • XING PED.

Genres

Essays.