THE END OF THE END OF THE EARTH

n 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 pi eces contain all the wit and disabused realism that weve come to expect from Franzen.Taken together, these essays trace the progres s of a un...[Read more]