New York City Pick - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0956787614 ISBN 13 : 9780956787613

Editeur : Oxygen Books, 2011

Synopsis

City-pick New York All the sights, sounds and flavours of New York are captured in this collection of travel writing that will whet the appetite of visitors to the city. Writers include Woody Allen, Tom Wolfe, Patti Smith, Don DeLillo and David Byrne. Full description

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

`Superb ... it's like having your own iPad loaded with different tomes, except with the best passages'
--The Times

`The beauty of this clever series is the breadth and reach of its contributors'
-- Real Travel Magazine

`What a great idea! A sublime introduction' -- Sydney Morning Herald

`All of a sudden the traditional travel guide seems a little dull ... city-pick offers a more soulful guide to the metropolises of the world'
-- The Good Web Guide

`Superb ... it's like having your own iPad loaded with different tomes, except with the best passages'
-- The Times

'The beauty of this clever series is the breadth and reach of its contributors'
-- <>Real Travel Magazine p<>'A wonderful, imaginative, creative take on New York ... a new and innovative look at the city: a perfect companion.'
-- Hot Brands & Cool Places

'An excellent, imaginative, alternative guide ... an easy way to pop in and out of the city that never sleeps -- We Love This Book

'A 250-page love letter to the king of cities ... the very best writing about New York.'
-- The Lady Adventurer

'This sublime and literary travel book operates on so many levels ... a remarkable statement about a city.'
-- The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

'Prismatic, engrossing ... a wealth of atmospheric literary snippets that evoke the rush and heave of New York City.'
--Financial Times

Présentation de l'éditeur

New York is one of the most exciting and pulsating cities on earth. Here over seventy dazzling writers celebrate the richness and diversity of this amazing metropolis - the latest in this unique series featuring the best-ever writing on favourite World cities.

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxygen Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0956787614
• ISBN 13: 9780956787613
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Éditeur: Reyes Heather
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible