New York is one of the most exciting and pulsating cities on earth. Here a truly dazzling selection of writers celebrate the richness and diversity of this amazing metropolis.
F Scott Fitzgerald journeys up Fifth Avenue
Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo arrive in Greenwich Village
Alistair Cooke looks out over Central Park
David Byrne does the Five Boro Bike Tour
Edmund White finds a city of freedoms
Jan Morris recalls Manhattan 1945
Ian Frazier hears it for Brooklyn
Teju Cole encounters the Statue of Liberty
John Dos Passos pities the poor immigrant
… and much, much more.
‘Excellent … with more than 150 excerpts from fiction and non-fiction Reyes succeeds in capturing the flavour of New York City’ The Guardian
‘A wealth of atmospheric literary snippets that evoke the “crush and heave” of New York City … a prismatic, engrossing and skimmable work’ Financial Times
‘A remarkable statement about a city … This sublime and “literary” travel book operates on so many levels.’The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
‘city pick: New York works both as an excellent, and imaginative, alternative travel guide, and as an easy way for wannabe Manhattanites to pop in and out of the city that never sleeps.’ We Love This Book
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Publication date: ISBN: 978 09567876 1 3 Paperback £9.99 Free worldwide delivery |
