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  • Jonathan Franzen
    Jonathan Franzen

    …compiled into his fourth book, How to Be Alone (2002). The volume’s 13 essays cover topics as varied as dealing with his father’s Alzheimer disease and his thoughts on conformity and privacy. Franzen published a memoir, The Discomfort Zone, in 2006 and a translation of German dramatist Frank Wedekind’s play…

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    …compiled into his fourth book, How to Be Alone (2002). The volume’s 13 essays cover topics as varied as dealing with his father’s Alzheimer disease and his thoughts on conformity and privacy. Franzen published a memoir, The Discomfort Zone, in 2006 and a translation of German dramatist Frank Wedekind’s play…

    Read More