New York Stories

Author: Secker Tesdell, Diana

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 25 March 2011 by Everyman (Everyman's Library) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Everyman's Library POCKET CLASSICS' series.

Hardback | 400 pages
180 x 121 x 29 | 410g

Writers have always been uniquely inspired by New York City, and the classic stories collected here provide a kaleidoscopic vision of the metropolis in all its grittiness and glamour. Acclaimed writers past and present, ranging from Truman Capote, Bernard Malamud, John Cheever and Shirley Jackson to Jay McInerney, Edwidge Danticat and Junot Diaz, introduce us to starry-eyed tourists and ambitious immigrants, starving artists and hedonistic yuppies, Jewish matchmakers in the Bronx and Haitian nannies in Central Park. Colourful characters of all kinds come alive in these pages, nursing their dreams in the tiny apartments, the lonely cafes, and the bustling streets of the city that never sleeps.