Writing New York - Softcover

"The Wall Street Journal" Captures the city in all its romantic charm and biting loneloness....Suggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the realm of the imagination. "The New York Times Critic's Notebook"The likes of Ralph Ellison, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Mario Puzo, Mary McCarthy, and Al Smith [are] among the many contributors to these rich pages. "The Wall Street Journal"Captures the city in all its romantic charm and biting loneloness....Suggests that, although New York's past is to be found in the realm of...historical reality, it also lives on, vividly, in the realm of the imagination. "The Dallas Morning News"Rather like the city it pays tribute to, "Writing New York" is a touchstone, a monument....Shows how profoundly New York has become a repository of the nation's collective ambition and romantic vision of itself. New York "Newsday"This will be a feast....Reading straight through will reward you with a 200-year time-lapse portrait of the city....Huge in scale, intimate in detail, breathtaking...magic. "The New York Times"At more than 1,000 pages, "Writing New York" includes 108 authors...and each bit of pigment contributes to a portrait that none of them could have written alone. Luc SanteThis brilliantly chosen selection provides the deepest, broadest, most exhilarating portrait of New York City available anywhere. Wendy WassersteinWith a musical touch for theme and variation...this text...has all the rhythm, elegance, and grit of the city. "Minneapolis Star-Tribune"Well-chosen...dozens of treasures. "The New York Times Book Review"An excellent anthology. New York "Newsday"A 108-course banquet.

Presents a literary portrait of the city of New York through the eyes of more than a hundred writers, from Washington Irving to Oscar Hijuelos.