Franzen Jonathan

Franzen, Jonathan. THE CORRECTIONS Scarce Signed Copy of The First Edition. New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 568 pages. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. The author's breakthrough third novel. Indisputably the most sensational literary event of the year 2001. The true First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. It took Franzen ten years to write the book, during which time he was largely silent, which in America normally means the end of one's career. "Jonathan Franzen's novel is the brightest, boldest, and most ambitious novel I've read in many years. With this dazzling work, Franzen gives notice that from now on, he is only going to hunt with the big cats" (Pat Conroy). A "must-have" title for Jonathan Franzen collectors. <b><i> This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in red pen on the title page by Jonathan Franzen. The color red, which is the very first time we have seen it used by Franzen, beautifully matches the red-dominant DJ design. This title remains available in multiple subsequent printings. This is a copy of the true First Edition, with the erratum slip included, which states that "we have discovered that the text on pages 430 and 431 was reversed in this printing. Page 431 should be read before page 430. We apologize for this error". This uncorrected First Edition promptly disappeared, but the book went into multiple subsequent printings. This is one of relatively few signed copies of the true First Edition still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. </b></i> Winner of the National Book Award in 2001 for "The Corrections". Selected by The New Yorker Magazine as one of "Twenty Writers for the 21st Century". One of the finest living American writers. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JONATHAN FRANZEN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374129983. Signed by Author.

Details

Franzen, Jonathan. HOW TO BE ALONE Scarce Signed Copy of The First Hardcover Edition. New York City, NY: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2002.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. 278 pages. As New in As New Dust Jacket. The author's debut collection of essays. One of the most important literary events of the year 2002. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Presents 14 impassioned essays on the inner life, the need to cultivate solitude and preserve one's values amid the distractions and corruptions of mass culture. Includes Jonathan Franzen's two most celebrated pieces, "Why Bother?" and "My Father's Brain". The former was originally published in Harper's Magazine as "Perchance to Dream" and is the author's still-controversial literary manifesto/essay. The latter originally appeared in The New Yorker Magazine and was turned into Franzen's first Limited Edition title by a British fine press. The book urges readers "to say no to drugs but not the pharmaceutica l kind. His opiates are those technology offers in the form of TV, pop culture, and endless gadgetry, soporifics that are addictive and in the long run only make society's problems worse. Franzen is just as hard on intellectual conformity, on academe's canonization of third-rate but politically correct novels. As a serious artist, he knows that the deck is stacked against him. After all, a great novel is a kind of anti-product, one that is 'inexpensive, infinitely reusable and worst of all, unimprovable'. The problem is that instead of being allowed to enjoy our solitary uniqueness, we are all being turned into one gigantic corporate-created entity, a point Franzen makes tellingly when he says that while a black lesbian New Yorker and a Southern Baptist Georgian might appear totally different, the truth is that both watch Letterman every night, are struggling to find health insurance, play Lotto, dream of fifteen minutes of fame, are taking a serotonin inhibitor, and have a guilty crush on Uma Thurman" (Publishers Weekly). A "must-have" title for Jonathan Franzen collectors. <b><i> This copy is boldly and beautifully signed in black fountain pen on the title page by Jonathan Franzen. This is one of few signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A very scarce signed copy thus. </b></i> Selected by The New Yorker Magazine as one of "Twenty Writers for the 21st Century". He is now the most prominent and most important voice in that select group of very talented writers. One of the finest living American writers. A flawless copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JONATHAN FRANZEN TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0374173273. Signed..

Details

Franzen, Jonathan: Die Unruhezone - Eine Geschichte von mir, Reinbek bei Hamburg , Rowohlt Verlag , 2007
OPbd. mit OSchutzumschlag und Lesebändchen 253 Seiten 20,9 x 13 cm 1. Auflage März 2007. Aus dem Amerikanischen übersetzt von Eike Schönfeld. "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." (Verlagstext). Personenporträt : Jonathan Franzen, 1959 in Western Springs / Illinois geboren, wuchs in einer Vorstadt von St. Louis auf. 1988 veröffentlichte er den Roman "Die 27ste Stadt", 1992 "Schweres Beben". Für seinen dritten Roman und sensationellen Erfolg "Die Korrekturen" erhielt er 2001 den National Book Award verliehen. Schon vorher hat ihn die Zeitschrift The New Yorker unter die "Twenty Writers for the 21st Century" gerechnet. Jonathan Franzen lebt in New York. Eike Schönfeld, geb. 1949, übersetzt aus dem Englischen, u. a. Werke von Martin Amis, Nicholson Baker, Saul Bellow, Jeffrey Eugenedis, Henry Fielding, Jonathan Franzen, J.D.Salinger. Er erhielt den Hamburger Förderpreis für literarische Übersetzung und den Ledig-Rowohlt-Übersetzerpreis. Sehr guter Zustand - (fast) wie neu 9783498021160 - , ISBN: 3498021168

Details

Auster, Paul; Franzen, Jonathan; Sontag, Susan; Foer, Jonathan Safran (Organizer) & Other Writers. SOMETIMES SMALL STATEMENTS MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE Limited Edition. New York City, NY: Downtown For Democracy, 2004.
Hardcover. First Edition. First Printing. As New. Rare literary and political memorabilia set. Collection of pieces by some of America's greatest living writers. Now considered a contemporary classic. Limited Edition of 200 signed copies. Published in conjunction with the most prestigious fundraising event for the grassroots organization, Downtown for Democracy. An austerely elegant production by an unidentified group of artists, graphic designers, and printers: 10 x 12 inch loose broadsheets. Each broadsheet is printed on either pristine white or rich cream uncoated stock paper using the LetterPress Process to the very highest standards. Contributions by various writers. Introduction, "Where's My Democracy?", by Jonathan Safran Foer. Handsome black hard board box with yellow titles embossed on cover. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the Inaugural Public Reading held at the Cooper Union's Great Hall in New York on March 25, 2004. Presents ten stupendous pieces read by their authors and prefaced by Jonathan Safran Foer. An estimated 2, 000 Americans crammed the historic Hall to listen to Paul Auster ("The Book of Human Folly"), Michael Cunningham ("Specimen Days"), Jennifer Egan ("From the Keep"), Jonathan Franzen ("The Whispering Pines"), Gary Indiana ("You All Know What You're Here For"), Jhumpa Lahiri ("Hell-Heaven"), Joyce Carol Oates ("Kite Poem"), Susan Sontag ("Unextinguished"), Wendy Wasserstein ("Untitled"), and Colson Whitehead ("Congratulations on Your New Grudge"). Dave Eggers (who handed out his own material), Salman Rushdie, and Lou Reed also spoke at the event. "At stake are the environment, our civil liberties, the courts (our right to choose, our privacy), the economy, the Constitution, and America's place in the world. When this historic reading takes place in Cooper Union's Great Hall, the authors will read at a podium from which Abraham Lincoln once spoke. The continuity feels appropriate, as our country is once again at a crossroads. America is not only the place we inhabit, it's our perpetual creation, determined by our efforts. It's our country, to fight for or to lose. So let's fight" (Jonathan Safran Foer). The event has a retrospective poignance because it was Susan Sontag's very last public appearance (Wendy Wasserstein has also since passed away). Sontag, dying but inextinguishable, clung to hope to the very end, asserting that the country should keep on fighting and resisting. She and Foer have since been vindicated. Still, the fight has just begun, and it will be waged (and won) with small statements that make a big difference. A "must-have" title for collectors of contemporary literature. <B><i> This copy is one of the Limited Edition, and is very prominently and beautifully signed on their respective contributions by all of the writers. This set was never sold commercially. This is one of extremely few copies still available online and has no flaws, a pristine beauty. A rare signed set thus. </b></i> Eleven of the finest American writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. A flawless collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER PAUL AUSTER, MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, JENNIFER EGAN, JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, JONATHAN FRANZEN, JHUMPA LAHIRI, SUSAN SONTAG, AND COLSON WHITEHEAD TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN B000VYND2M. Signed by Author.

Details