Farther Away

A new collection of Franzen's non-fiction confirms his status not only as a great American novelist but also as a master noticer, social critic, and self investigator. In FARTHER AWAY, which gathers together essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, the writer returns with renewed vigour to the themes, both human and literary, that have long preoccupied him. Taken together, these essays trace the progress of unique and mature mind wrestling with itself, with literature, and with some of the most important issues of our day.