| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
viii, 224 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Adrian Benepe -- The meadow / John Burnham Schwartz -- Goodnight moon / Ben Dolnick -- Through the Children's Gate / Adam Gopnik -- Framed in silver / Mark Helprin -- Carp in the park / David Michaelis -- Colossus of New York / Colson Whitehead -- Some music in the park / Francine Prose -- The sixth borough / Jonathan Safran Foer -- Squawkeye and gang on the Dendur Plateau / Nathaniel Rich -- Fogg in the park / Paul Auster -- Sunday in the park with mother / Susan Sheehan -- Negative space / Thomas Beller -- The hidden life / Alec Wilkinson -- My little bit of county / Susan Cheever -- The falconer of Central Park / Donald Knowler -- About those ducks, Holden / Marie Winn -- Lions and tigers and bears / Bill Buford -- Beastie / Brooks Hansen -- The goodbye / Buzz Bissinger -- Epilogue / Doug Blonsky. |
| Summary |
A wild night outdoors with Bill Buford. A football tradition with Nathaniel Rich. A jog around the reservoir with Mark Helprin as he "protects" Jacqueline Onassis from imagined harm. The 843 carefully planned acres of Central Park have not only crept into the hearts of its 38 million annual visitors, but also into the life and work of a diverse array of writers who come to revel in its natural remedy for urban chaos. In Central Park, a dozen exclusive pieces commissioned especially for this book are accompanied by a handful of beloved classics. Francine Prose reflects on open-air performances by Nina Simone and James Brown; Jonathan Safran Foer writes a creation myth of the park; Buzz Bissinger meditates on how the park defined his early life; and Marie Winn definitively answers Holden Caulfield's question of where the ducks go when the ponds freeze over. This vibrant collection presents Central Park in all its diverse glory, with an ode on every page to a fifty-one-block swath of special New York magic. A must-read for the thousands who consider the park their own, and a keepsake for the many more who visit, it will be a standard for years to come.-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Central Park (New York, N.Y.)
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Central Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Blauner, Andrew.
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| ISBN |
9781608196005 paperback $16.00 |
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1608196003 paperback |
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