The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
Aug 2010 · Sold by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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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 über-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.
The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen's tale of growing up, squirming in his own über-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.
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Osobna povijest, kako stoji u podnaslovu, može biti povijest svakog od nas, (s izuzetkom (pre)duge povijesti iz kršćanskog udruženja), povijest razlika među generacijama, razlika između roditeljskih i dječjih očekivanja, i životnih vrijednosti, i sigurno svima poznata situacija prekasno realiziranih užitaka - neugodna za dijete i za roditelja (detalj iz Disneylanda). Priča je američka, ali slika je svesvjetska i svevremenska.
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Somewhat incoherent and repetitive, though entertaining. The best essay by far is "My Bird Problem."
About the author
Jonathan Franzen is the author of novels such as The Corrections (2001), Freedom (2010), and Crossroads (2021), and works of nonfiction, including Farther Away (2012) and The End of the End of the Earth (2018), all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.
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