The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
by Franzen, Jonathan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0007234244
- ISBN 13
- 9780007234240
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate, 2006. First UK Edition, First Printing. Hardcover in gray cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First UK Edition, with "I". In mint condition, likely unread, with original jacket protected in a Brodart cover. Light smudging to the cover of the DJ, light toning to pages, otherwise clean and very collectable.
Synopsis
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History is a 2006 memoir by Jonathan Franzen, who received the National Book Award for Fiction for his novel The Corrections in 2001. According to L´Espresso, The Discomfort Zone reflects the values and contradictions of the American midwest in the 1960s. Franzen holds up Charlie Brown from the Peanuts cartoons as an exemplary representation of life of the American middle class in the author's home town of Webster Groves, Missouri, and countless similar towns.
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- Bookseller
- Librariana Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 733
- Title
- The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
- Author
- Franzen, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in gray cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First UK Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0007234244
- ISBN 13
- 9780007234240
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BOOKS;
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Beginning with fine books, and extending to other "librariana" - art, antiques and collectibles that make a space a library. We also repair books, and consult with home owners, organizations and bookstore owners looking to make their bookspaces into purposeful sanctuaries.
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