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Ragazzo Di Città (2010)

by Edmund White(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

8889113529 (ISBN13: 9788889113523)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Playground

review 1: Edmund White's memoir entitled “City Boy” is many things rolled into one and packed with humour, wit and erudition. First, it is a literary delight with a myriad of sketches of writers, artists and musicians. Second, it is a chronicle of the social development of the city of New York in the years of poverty and decay, but also of the years of sexual freedom in which the the gay community (re)defined itself, as well as being a hymn to friendship and the difference between friendship and love. Finally, it is a recollection of the vibrant intellectual and cultural life of one of the world's most important artistic centers in the 60s and 70s where writers and artists were then still idols and role models for a whole generation.
review 2: una pequeña joya de la... more editorial Minúscula, como casi todos los libritos de esta gran editorial. Escrito en 1949, lo único caducado son los lugares de copas, las tiendas y otros establecimientos tan cambiantes en la gran manzana. La disección que hace White de la ciudad, de sus habitantes, de su forma de ser, sigue tan vigente como hace más de medio siglo cuando se escribió. De lectura obligada para los amantes del periodismo y de la ciudad de Nueva York. less

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