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Frank 關張 Guan Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Frank Guan is a writer retired critic

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Book Cover for: The Counterlife, Philip Roth

The Counterlife

Philip Roth
Frank 關張 GuanFrank 關張 Guan

listening to christmas carols, 2017: ah this is nice. peace on earth, goodwill to all. the west at its best listening to christmas carols after reading philip roth's THE COUNTERLIFE in 2018: the genocidal intent in these triumphal harmonies is clear. never shall i marry a shiksa

Paperback, 1996

$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays, Wesley Yang

The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays

Wesley Yang
Frank 關張 GuanFrank 關張 Guan

I reviewed Wesley Yang's "The Souls of Yellow Folk" for @bookforum. https://t.co/aR736ECA35

Paperback, 2019

$15.95Member price:$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment, Francis Fukuyama

Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment

Francis Fukuyama
Frank 關張 GuanFrank 關張 Guan

I reviewed Francis Fukuyama's slender tome about "identity politics" for @bookforum. https://t.co/p3DbpcaCGA

Paperback, 2019

$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen

Crossroads

Jonathan Franzen
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Like his Gilded Age precursor Dreiser, Franzen joins a thorough, chill accounting of the economic structures of America with a profound appreciation of the inner life—hearts fired by the urge to have and be more..

Paperback, 2022

$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book