The Invisible City
A New York Sketchbook
In this collection of thirty-four sketches, the author captures the extraordinary range of people, experiences, places and feelings that is New York City -- the city behind the glamorous facade of Manhattan, inhabited by people who remember when this was a great big wonderful town and they were young in its streets.These sketches, many based on actual incidents, take as their subject the smaller dramas of mankind, the chance encounters and random episodes that inform one's life; often twisting suddenly, surprisingly, at the end, they convey strong feelings in little space. Using all of New York as his broad canvas, Pete Hamill recreates the…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-307-82914-6
- EAN: 9780307829146
- Produktnummer: 15725863
- Verlag: Random House Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 5'248 KB
Über den Autor
Pete Hamill has worked at several newspapers, including the New York Post and New York Daily News, as a reporter, rewriteman, war correspondent, and columnist. He has also written for almost all major American magazines. In addition to his journalism, he is the author of eight novels, including the bestselling Snow in August, two collections of short stories, two anthologies of his journalism, and the memoir A Drinking Life. He also has penned many screenplays. Hamill is married to the Japanese journalist Fukiko Aoki and is the father of two daughters. He lives in New York City.
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