Jonathan Franzen libro Farther Away
Farther Away
Jonathan Franzen es un escritor estadounidense, que saltó a la fama en 2001 con su novela Las correcciones, ganadora del National Book Award y que ha vendido 2,8 millones de ejemplares en el mundo .[1] Wikipedia

Jonathan Franzen libro Farther Away
Farther Away
Jonathan Franzen libro Farther Away
Farther Away
Jonathan Franzen libro Farther Away
Farther Away
Jonathan Franzen libro Farther Away
Farther Away
“Without privacy there was no point in being an individual.”
Jonathan Franzen libro Las correcciones
Fuente: The Corrections
“What you discovered about yourself in raising children wasn't always agreeable or attractive.”
Jonathan Franzen libro Las correcciones
Fuente: The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen libro Las correcciones
The Corrections (2001)
“Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.”
Jonathan Franzen libro Freedom
Fuente: Freedom
“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”
Jonathan Franzen libro How to Be Alone
Fuente: How to Be Alone
Jonathan Franzen libro Las correcciones
Fuente: The Corrections (2001)
Contexto: All around him, millions of newly minted American millionaires were engaged in the identical pursuit of feeling extraordinary - of buying the perfect Victorian, of skiing the virgin slope, of knowing the chef personally, of locating the beach that had no footprints. There were further tens of millions of young Americans who didn't have money but were nonetheless chasing the Perfect Cool. And meanwhile the sad truth was that not everyone could be extraordinary, not everyone could be extremely cool; because whom would this leave to be ordinary? Who would perform the thankless work of being comparatively uncool?
“Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.”
Jonathan Franzen libro Las correcciones
Fuente: The Corrections
“He couldn't figure out if she was immensely well adjusted or seriously messed up.”
Jonathan Franzen libro Las correcciones
Fuente: The Corrections
Jonathan Franzen libro Las correcciones
Fuente: The Corrections (2001)
“It took hours to turn the clock back 30 seconds.”
Jonathan Franzen libro Strong Motion
Fuente: Strong Motion
“The world was ending then, it's ending still, and I'm happy to belong to it again.”
Jonathan Franzen libro How to Be Alone
Fuente: How to Be Alone
“It's healthy to say uncle when your bone's about to break.”
Jonathan Franzen libro How to Be Alone
Fuente: How to Be Alone
Jonathan Franzen libro How to Be Alone
Fuente: How to Be Alone
“I wanted all of her and resented other boys for wanting any part of her.”
Fuente: The Discomfort Zone: A Personal Journey
Jonathan Franzen libro How to Be Alone
Fuente: How to Be Alone
“His tiredness hurt so much it kept him awake.”
Jonathan Franzen libro Las correcciones
Fuente: The Corrections