{"product_id":"farther-away-9781250033291","title":"Farther Away","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this incisive collection of speeches and essays, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigor to the themes, both human and literary, that have long preoccupied him. Whether recalling his violent encounter with bird poachers in Cyprus, examining his feelings about the suicide of his friend and rival David Foster Wallace, or offering a moving and witty take on the ways that technology has changed how people express their love, these pieces deliver on Franzen's implicit promise to conceal nothing. A remarkable and revelatory work from one of our greatest living novelists, \u003ci\u003eFarther Away \u003c\/i\u003etraces the progress of a unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature, and with some of the most important issues of our day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Franzen\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Corrections\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), \u003ci\u003eFreedom\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), and \u003ci\u003eCrossroads\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), and works of nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eFarther Away\u003c\/i\u003e (2012) and \u003ci\u003eThe End of the End of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He lives in Santa Cruz, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50462146167058,"sku":"9781250033291","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4c838cd3-7338-41a5-a422-9fd10ebc1ae4.jpg?v=1730084922","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/farther-away-9781250033291","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}