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The end of the end of the earth : essays / Jonathan Franzen.

by Franzen, Jonathan.

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Bond Street Books, Doubleday Canada, 2018.

Ethical problems.

9780385692502 (hc.)

230 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

The essay in dark times -- Manhattan 1981 -- Why birds matter -- Save what you love -- Capitalism in hyperdrive -- May your life be ruined -- A friendship -- A rooting interest -- Ten rules for the novelist -- Missing -- The regulars -- Invisible losses -- 9/13/01 -- Postcards from East Africa -- The end of the end of the Earth -- XING PED.

"The End of the End of the Earth is a collection of Jonathan Franzen's essays ... from the past five years, in which he grapples with the most important and heated ethical subjects of the day: environmentalism, capitalism, wealth inequality, race, technology and the role of art. He challenges us to ask difficult questions: What is our civic responsibility in the face of climate change, the greatest ever threat to our planet and species? Does technology give us a sense of control or community or is it stripping these from us? Above all, in these essays, Franzen asks us to care--about causes great and small, with subjects as big as our planet and specific as a rare species of birds. These essays are in praise of empathy, and of the beauty and power of nature and art."--From publisher.

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