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- Book Title
- 40s: the Story of a Decade
- Publication Name
- The 40s: The Story of a Decade
- Title
- The 40s: The Story of a Decade
- Contributor
- Elizabeth Bishop (Contributions by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0679644792
- EAN
- 9780679644798
- ISBN
- 9780679644798
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Literary Collections, Social Science
- Topic
- United States / 20th Century, Modern / 20th Century, Social History, Journalism, American / General, Customs & Traditions
- Release Year
- 2014
- Release Date
- 06/05/2014
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 242mm
- Item Length
- 164mm
- Item Width
- 36mm
- Item Weight
- 984g
- Book Series
- New Yorker: The Story of a Decade
- Publication Year
- 2014
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This captivating anthology gathers historic New Yorker pieces from a decade of trauma and upheaval--as well as the years when The New Yorker came of age, with pieces by Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Joseph Mitchell, Vladimir Nabokov, and George Orwell, alongside original reflections on the 1940s by some of today's finest writers. In this enthralling book, contributions from the great writers who graced The New Yorker 's pages are placed in historical context by the magazine's current writers. Included in this volume are seminal profiles of the decade's most fascinating figures: Albert Einstein, Walt Disney, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Here are classics in reporting: John Hersey's account of the heroism of a young naval lieutenant named John F. Kennedy; Rebecca West's harrowing visit to a lynching trial in South Carolina; and Joseph Mitchell's imperishable portrait of New York's foremost dive bar, McSorley's. This volume also provides vital, seldom-reprinted criticism, as well as an extraordinary selection of short stories by such writers as Shirley Jackson and John Cheever. Represented too are the great poets of the decade, from William Carlos Williams to Langston Hughes. To complete the panorama, today's New Yorker staff look back on the decade through contemporary eyes. The 40s: The Story of a Decade is a rich and surprising cultural portrait that evokes the past while keeping it vibrantly present. Including contributions by W. H. Auden * Elizabeth Bishop * John Cheever * Janet Flanner * John Hersey * Langston Hughes * Shirley Jackson * A. J. Liebling * William Maxwell * Carson McCullers * Joseph Mitchell * Vladimir Nabokov * Ogden Nash * John O'Hara * George Orwell * V. S. Pritchett * Lillian Ross * Stephen Spender * Lionel Trilling * Rebecca West * E. B. White * Williams Carlos Williams * Edmund Wilson And featuring new perspectives by Joan Acocella * Hilton Als * Dan Chiasson * David Denby * Jill Lepore * Louis Menand * Susan Orlean * George Packer * David Remnick * Alex Ross * Peter Schjeldahl * Zadie Smith * Judith Thurman
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679644792
ISBN-13
9780679644798
eBay Product ID (ePID)
169862129
Product Key Features
Book Title
40s: the Story of a Decade
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Modern / 20th Century, Social History, Journalism, American / General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, History, Literary Collections, Social Science
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
34.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
E806.A123 2014
Reviews
"Think of it as one of Alice's Wonderland potions, to be sipped from occasionally when one is in need of a dose of the extraordinary." -- The Economist " The 40s is an extraordinary anthology of journalism from a tumultuous era. . . . What a glittering roster scribbled for the magazine back then. . . . This anthology is such a mother lode of 'great material,' it's hard to know where to begin." -- The Star "An absolutely breathtaking assemblage of some of America's finest and most lasting writing . . . This is magnificent stuff, a cornucopia of truly distinguished literature, a near-perfect gift to give and an entirely ideal one to receive." -- Booklist (starred review) "A book to be read, reread and savored . . . an absolute treat . . . This is the soul of The New Yorker ." -- Kirkus Reviews, "An absolutely breathtaking assemblage of some of America's finest and most lasting writing . . . This is magnificent stuff, a cornucopia of truly distinguished literature, a near-perfect gift to give and an entirely ideal one to receive." -- Booklist (starred review) "A book to be read, reread and savored . . . an absolute treat . . . This is the soul of The New Yorker ." -- Kirkus Reviews, Advance praise for The 40s: The Story of a Decade "A book to be read, reread and savored . . . an absolute treat . . . This is the soul of The New Yorker ." -- Kirkus Reviews
Copyright Date
2014
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2013-047082
Series
New Yorker: the Story of a Decade Ser.
Illustrated
Yes
Number of Pages
720 Pages
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