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An intimate memoir by the award-winning author of 'The Corrections' 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, the influence of Kafka's fiction on his quest to lose his virginity, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, global warming, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.

Produktbeschreibung
An intimate memoir by the award-winning author of 'The Corrections' 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, the influence of Kafka's fiction on his quest to lose his virginity, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, global warming, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.
Autorenporträt
Jonathan Franzen, 1959 geboren, erhielt für seinen Weltbestseller "Die Korrekturen" 2001 den National Book Award. Er veröffentlichte weitere Romane. Seit 2010 ist er Mitglied der Berliner Akademie der Künste, 2013 wurde ihm für sein Gesamtwerk der WELT-Literaturpreis verliehen. Jonathan Franzen lebt in New York und Santa Cruz, Kalifornien.