"The work of a writer at the top of his game." ―Sarah Crown, The Guardian
"Franzen, unlike many, listens. It’s what makes him one of the best living writers of fictional dialogue, and it’s what makes his arguments productively provocative." ―Charles Arrowsmith, The Washington Post
The goal of the essay is to develop such skills as independent creative thinking and a written statement of one’s own thoughts.
It is not so easy to find a book that taught us as much as a book written by ourselves.
James Hall
store owner
An essay is a prose essay of a small volume and a free composition, expressing individual impressions and considerations on a specific subject or issue, and obviously not claiming to be defining or exhaustive interpretation of the subject.