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"A New York Times Notable Book of the Year The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen's tale of growing up, squirming in his own Uber-sensitive skin, from a "small and fundamentally ridiculous person," into an adult with strong inconvenient passions.Whether he's writing about the explosive dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship in the 1970s, the effects of Kafka's fiction on his protracted quest to lose his virginity, or the web of connections between bird watching, his all-consuming marriage, and the problem of global warming, Franzen is always feelingly engaged with the world we live in now.The Discomfort Zone is a wise, funny, and gorgeously written self-portrait by one of America's finest writers."@en
"The author describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, and the life lessons he has learned from birds."
"A brilliant personal history from the award-winning author of 'The Corrections'. Jonathan Franzen arrived late, and last, in a family of boys in Webster Groves, Missouri. 'The Discomfort Zone' is his intimate memoir of his growth from a 'small and fundamentally ridiculous person' through an adolescence both excruciating and strangely happy, into an adult with embarrassing and unexpected passions. It's also a portrait of a middle class family weathering the turbulence of the 1970s, and a vivid personal history of the decades in which America has taken an angry turn away from its mid-century ideals."@en
""The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen's memoir of growing up squirming in his own uber-sensitive skin, from a "small and fundamentally ridiculous person," through a strangely happy adolescence, into an adult with strong and inconvenient passions. His story cascades from moments of high drama into multilayered fields of sometimes truculent, sometimes piercing, always entertaining investigation and insight. Whether he's writing about the explosive dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship in the 1970s, the effects of Kafka's fiction on his own protracted quest to loose his virginity, or the web of connections between bird-watching, his all-consuming marriage, and the problem of global warming, Franzen is always feelingly engaged with the world we live in now."--Back cover."
"Jonathan Franzen über sich: über Kindheit, Vögel, deutsche Sprache, über Frauen und Charlie Brown. Wir lesen über eine Jugend im amerikanischen Mittelwesten und ein Erwachsenenleben in New York - mit berührenden Schilderungen etwa von Franzens Nöten beim Verkauf des Elternhauses nach dem Tod der Mutter und großartigen Verknüpfungen zwischen seiner gescheiterten Ehe, dem Problem der Erderwärmung und den Lebenslektionen, die man beim Beobachten von Vögeln lernt. Der Autor zeichnet das vielfarbige Porträt einer amerikanischen Mittelschichtfamilie unserer Zeit. (Quelle: www.weltbild.ch)."
"The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen's tale of growing up afraid of spiders, school dances, urinals, music teachers, boomerangs, popular girls, and his parents. It's also a portrait of a middle-class family weathering the turbulence of the 1970s, and a vivid personal history of the decades in which America turned away from its mid-century idealism and became a more polarized society. Whether he's writing about the explosive dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship in the 1970s, the effects of Kafka's fiction on his own protracted quest to lose his virginity, or the web of connections between birdwatching, his all-consuming marriage, and the problem of global warming, Franzen's recounting of a Midwestern youth and a New York adulthood is warmed by the same blend of comic scrutiny and affection that characterizes his fiction. Funny, insightful, and daringly honest, The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen at his most engaging."@en
"Zes autobiografische schetsen van de Amerikaanse schrijver (1959- )."
"Franzen tente de procéder à son autobiographie : il révèle dans le désordre son attachement aux personnages de Charlie Brown, l'échec de son mariage, la mort de sa mère, la recherche d'un canard siffleur à ventre noir, la politique de Bush, son adolescence difficile."

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"Herinneringen (vorm)"
"Autobiographie"
"Powieść słoweńska"
"Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
"Electronic books"@en
"Biografies"
"barndomserindringer"
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"Biography"@en
"Biography"

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"Zona disagio"
"Zona disagio"@it
"La zone d'inconfort : une histoire personnelle : roman"
"Neumjerena zona : osobna povijest"
"Die Unruhezone: eine Geschichte von mir"
"The Discomfort zone : a personal history"
"De onbehaaglijkheidsfactor : een persoonlijke geschiedenis"
"La zone d'inconfort : une histoire personnelle"
"Den obekväma zonen / Jonathan Franzén"@sv
"Ubekvemmelighedszonen : en personlig beretning"@da
"Die Unruhezone eine Geschichte von mir"
"La zone d'inconfort une histoire personnelle"
"Die Unruhezone : eine Geschichte von mir"
"Die Unruhezone Eine Geschichte von mir"
"The discomfort zone : a personal history"
"The discomfort zone : a personal history"@en
"Območje nelagodja : osebna zgodovina"@sl
"Območje nelagodja : osebna zgodovina"
"The discomfort zone a personal history"@en
"Zona fría : una historia personal"@es
"Zona fría : una historia personal"
"The discomfort zone a personal history"
"The discomfort zone"@en
"The discomfort zone"

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