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How to Be Alone

How to Be Alone
作者:Jonathan Franzen
副标题:Essays
出版社:Picador
出版年:2003-10
ISBN:9780312422165
行业:其它
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内容简介

From the National Book Award-winning author of "The Corrections," a collection of essays that reveal him to be one of our sharpest, toughest, and most entertaining social critics While the essays in this collection range in subject matter from the sex-advice industry to the way a supermax prison works, each one wrestles with the essential themes of Franzen's writing: the erosion of civil life and private dignity; and the hidden persistence of loneliness in postmodern, imperial America. Reprinted here for the first time is Franzen's controversial l996 investigation of the fate of the American novel in what became known as "the Harper's essay," as well as his award-winning narrative of his father's struggle with Alzheimer's disease, and a rueful account of his brief tenure as an Oprah Winfrey author.

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作者简介

乔纳森•弗兰岑(Jonathan Franzen):

美国著名小说家、随笔作家。以抨击现代传媒、书写普通民众著称,作品具有强烈的时代性。以作家身份登上《时代》封面,并被誉为“伟大的美国小说家”。曾获美国国家图书奖。

1959年生于伊利诺伊州,1981年毕业于斯沃思莫学院德文专业。1996年在《哈泼氏》杂志上发表了长篇随笔《偶尔 做 梦》,从此受到广泛关注。迄今为止,出版有小说《第二十七座城市》(1988)、《强震》(1992)、《纠正》(2001)、《自由》(2010),随笔集《如何独处》(2002),以及回忆录《不舒适地带:个人史》(2006)。

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读书文摘

抑郁看起来就像是一种写实主义,关乎整个世界的腐朽,尤其是你的生命的腐朽。但这种写实主义只是掩盖抑郁真实本质的面具,面具后面是势不可挡的与人群的疏离感。你越相信你的腐朽之路独一无二,就越害怕与世界交涉;你和世界来往得越少,就越觉得其他继续与世界来往的人,笑脸是如此虚假。

这是个体在面对群体——关于群体的种种他总是禁不住知道得比想知道得更多——时难以解开的谜题:我想要独处,但不要太孤单。我想和别人一样,又与众不同。

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