The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312426408)

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen's tale of growing up, squirming in his own ?er-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.

Author: Jonathan Franzen
ISBN-10: 0312426402
ISBN-13: 9780312426408
Publisher: Picador USA
Language: English
Published: 08/21/2007
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.84w x 0.55d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.9
Point Value: 11
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 115282 / Discomfort Zone: A Personal History


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 09/23/2007 pg. 28