The end of the end of the earth
Franzen, Jonathan
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In "The End of the End of the Earth
" which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years
Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes - both human and literary - that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle
recounting his young adulthood in New York
or offering an illuminating look at the global seabird crisis
these pieces contain all the wit and disabused realism that we've come to expect from Franzen. 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
made more pressing by the current political milieu. The End of the End of the Earth is remarkable
provocative and necessary.
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