New Yorkers

Taylor, Craig,1976-,aut

£25.00

Over the last 20 years, New York City has been convulsed by enormous challenges: terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, pandemic. This work offers a grand portrait of the irrepressible city and a hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people. Craig Taylor spent years meeting New Yorkers – rich and poor, old and young, native and immigrant – and getting them to share indelible true tales. Here are the voices of those who propel the city each day – subway conductor, nurse, bodega cashier, electrician who keeps the lights on at the top of the Empire State Building – as well as unforgettable glimpses of the city, from the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade by a balloon handler to the Statue of Liberty by one of its security guards.

Out of stock

Publish Date: 23/03/2021
ISBN: 9781848549708 Category: Tags: ,

Description

‘Beautifully woven’ Sunday Times

‘Extraordinary city stories … ambitious and entertaining … [Taylor] does a fine job of telling the New York story’ Guardian

A symphony of contemporary New York told through the magnificent words of its people – from the best-selling author of Londoners.

In the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. New Yorkers weaves the voices of some of the city’s best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York in our time – and a powerful hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people.
Vibrant and bursting with life, New Yorkers explores the nonstop hustle to make it; the pressures on new immigrants, people of colour, and the poor. It captures the strength of an irrepressible city that – no matter what it goes through – dares call itself the greatest in the world.

Drawn from millions of words, hundreds of interviews, and six years in the making, New Yorkers is a grand portrait of an irrepressible city and a hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people.

Additional information

Weight 672 g
Dimensions 238 × 154 × 40 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

416

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

974.71 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K