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In the summer of 1948, E.B. White sat in a New York City hotel
room and, sweltering in the heat, wrote a remarkable pristine
essay, Here is New York. 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. Here is New York has been chosen
by
The New York Times as one of the ten best books ever written
about the city. The New Yorker calls it “the wittiest
essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.”
E. B. White
“Thoroughly American and utterly beautiful” is how William Shawn,
his editor at the New Yorker, described E. B. White’s prose. At the magazine,
White developed a pure and plain-spoken literary style; his writing was characterized
by wit, sophistication, optimism, and moral steadfastness. In 1978 he was awarded
the Pulitzer Prize for the body of his work. E. B. White died in 1985.
Just to dip into this miraculous essay—to experience the wonderful lightness and momentum of its prose, its supremely casual air and surprisingly tight knit—is to find oneself going ahead and rereading it all.White’s homage feels as fresh as fifty years ago.—John Updike
5.25” x 7.25”
ISBN 10: 1-892145-02-2
ISBN 13: 9781892145024
Retail price: $16.95
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