Mapping Manhattan: A Love and Sometimes Hate Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers - Couverture rigide

Cooper, Becky

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ISBN 10 : 1419706721 ISBN 13 : 9781419706721

Editeur : Abrams Image, 2013

Synopsis

Armed with hundreds of blank maps she had painstakingly printed by hand, Becky Cooper walked Manhattan from end to end. Along her journey she met police officers, homeless people, fashion models and senior citizens who had lived in Manhattan all their lives. She asked the strangers to “map their Manhattan” and to post the personalised maps back to her. Soon, her P.O. box was filled with a cartography of intimate narratives: past loves, lost homes, childhood memories, comical moments and surprising confessions. A beautifully illustrated, PostSecret-style tribute to New York, Mapping Manhattan includes 75 maps from both anonymous mapmakers and notable New Yorkers, including Man on Wire aerialist Philippe Petit, New York Times wine critic Eric Asimov, Tony award-winning actor Harvey Fierstein and many more.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Becky Cooper is an award-winning writer and cartographer. Born and raised in Queens, she recently graduated from Harvard University with a degree in comparative literature. She is the creator of the website mapyourmemories.com, and lives in New York. New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik is a three-time National Magazine Award winner and the author of multiple national bestsellers, including Paris to the Moon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abrams Image
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1419706721
• ISBN 13: 9781419706721
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 120
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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