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The End of the End of the Earth

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The End of the End of the Earth

By: Jonathan Franzen
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From Jonathan Franzen, one of our preeminent writers and thinkers, comes a brilliant, searing essay collection that calls for us to take better care of our planet and one another in these troubled times.

The End of the End of the Earth is a collection of Jonathan Franzen's essays and speeches 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.

This modestly-sized but powerful audiobook is Franzen at his best, incisive, persuasive and compassionate.

©2018 Jonathan Franzen (P)2018 Doubleday Canada
Art & Literature Authors Environmental Essays Politics & Government Public Policy United States World Literature Nonfiction

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