City Secrets Books: The Essential Insider's Guide: From the City Secrets, Arts & Letters Series - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0789318393 ISBN 13: 9780789318398

Casa editrice: Universe Pub, 2009

Riassunto

Called "the best literary gift to travelers since the Baedeker and Henry James" (Financial Times), City Secrets guides are charming companions to the world's most fascinating destinations, from cities to movies, offering discoveries from internationally renowned authors, artists, and historians.
Books takes this intimate, insider's approach to literature, featuring 200 brief essays and recommendations by 150 esteemed figures in the literary world, including authors, writers, journalists, scholars, and critics. The list of contributors includes: Oscar Hijuelos, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; John Guare, playwright; Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker columnist and author; poet laureates Mark Strand and Robert Pinsky; and Kenneth Turan, NPR and the Los Angeles Times film critic, among many others.
A portion of the proceeds from this book will be donated to First Book, a national organization that gives children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. It has distributed more than 50 million books to children.

Su questo libro

Recensione:

From the creators of the elegant City Secrets guides comes this unique collection edited by Mark Strand, in which esteemed literary figures recommend their favorite overlooked books.

L'autore:

Robert Kahn is an architect in private practice. His work includes academic, institutional, residential, and commercial projects, and it has been featured in many leading publications in the field. He is also the creator and editor of the City Secrets series. Mark Strand is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Man and Camel (2006) and Blizzard of One (1998), which won the Pulitzer Prize. He has served as Poet Laureate of the United States and currently teaches English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Universe Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0789318393
• ISBN 13: 9780789318398
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 384
• Redattore: Kahn Robert, Strand Mark