In our little rented apartment we cooked breakfasts, listened to Bach, Coltrane and Lana Del Rey. I loved exploring Hasidic neighbourhoods in Brooklyn, ate delicious Greek and Italian in Queens and tasty Asian and French in Chelsea and Soho. We explored two beautiful botanical gardens and went to all the large art galleries, museums and of course I had to see Lady Liberty. I was saturated with art, musicals, opera, piano bars and even went to see some obscure metal. This was my first trip and my partner's third. The New Yorker calls it “the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.3 "observant and lyrical reflections stars !!įourth Most Fun Review Written in 2018 Awardįor the past thirteen days we wandered NYC. "Here is New York" has been chosen by The New York Times as one of the ten best books ever written about the city. Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, the author's stroll around Manhattan, with the reader arm-in-arm, remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America’s foremost literary figures. White sat in a New York City hotel room and, sweltering in the heat, wrote a remarkable pristine essay, "Here is New York". 1949"", publisher's red stamped tan cloth binding, with the original DJ - NOT price clipped, h oused in a green leather backed clamshell slipcase, raised bands gilt lettered spine.ĬONDITION: Minor rubbing to head and foot of spine, inner and outer hinges fine, internally clean and bright, rubbing to dust jacket head and foot of spine and back corners with some minor loss, overall VG/VG.ĪDDITIONAL INFORMATION: In the summer of 1948, E.B. 1 vol., first printing with the "I-Y" code on the copyright page, inscribed on the front blank endleaf by White "Merry Christmas from the Whites E.
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