The 40s: The Story of a Decade by The New Yorker Magazine
The 40s: The Story of a Decade by The New Yorker Magazine

The 40s: The Story of a Decade

This captivating anthology gathers historic New Yorker pieces from a decade of trauma and upheaval--as well as...
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The 40s: The Story of a Decade by The New Yorker Magazine

The 40s: The Story of a Decade

CHF 35.50
The 40s: The Story of a Decade by The New Yorker Magazine

The 40s: The Story of a Decade

CHF 35.50
Author: The New Yorker Magazine
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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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

Author: The New Yorker Magazine
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 05/12/2015
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780812983296

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The New Yorker began publishing in 1925.


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