Inside the Dream Palace: The Life and Times of New York's Legendary Chelsea Hotel - Couverture souple

Tippins, Sherill

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1416527540 ISBN 13 : 9781416527541

Editeur : Simon & Schuster, 2015

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'New York, the greatest city in the world, has been a magnet for bohemians since it was founded, and the Chelsea Hotel has been Bohemia's home address for more than a century. Sherill Tippins captures the mad magic of this storied building. She has written a history, not just of a hotel, but of a dream: the dream that art can change the world. Tippins is an indispensable urban historian, and Inside the Dream Palace is an unforgettable read' - Oskar Eustis, Artistic Director, New York Public Theater

'The Chelsea Hotel is so much more than the place where Sid Vicious may or may not have killed his girlfriend; it was a social experiment turned incubator for creativity. It was home for the artists and weirdos that made this city so interesting - famous, infamous, and everything in between. Sherill Tippins has done a masterful job of condensing a history that could be volumes long, into a book that's enthralling, enlightening and understandably wistful' - Judy McGuire, author of The Official Book of Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Lists

'Not only essential to the understanding of this crucial New York City - and therefore American -cultural landmark but as majestic and populous as the edifice itself, and completely entertaining'
- Daniel Menaker, author of My Mistake: A Memoir

'An amazing history of not only the Chelsea Hotel but New York City itself. Thank you, Sherill Tippins, for this exciting story of how a building became a community and went on to be a legend. Inside the Dream Palace reads like the best fiction and never ever slows down from beginning to end' - Country Joe McDonald

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Chelsea Hotel, since its founding by a visionary French architect in 1884, has been an icon of American invention: a cultural dynamo and haven for the counterculture, all in one astonishing building. Sherill Tippins, author of the acclaimed February House, delivers a masterful and endlessly entertaining history of the Chelsea and of the successive generations of artists who have cohabited and created there, among them Thomas Wolfe, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol, Sam Shepard, Sid Vicious, and Dee Dee Ramone. Now as legendary as the artists it has housed and the countless creative collaborations it has sparked, the Chelsea has always stood as a mystery as well: why and how did this hotel become the largest and longest-lived artists' community in the known world? Inside the Dream Palace is the intimate and definitive story.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1416527540
• ISBN 13: 9781416527541
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480