| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
302 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Summary |
Eighteen writers reflect on various parks that hold a special significance for them, sharing personal moments they associate with them. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Catie Marron -- Al-Azhar, Cairo / Ahdaf Soueif -- Boboli, Florence; Villa Borghese, Rome / Zadie Smith -- Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. / President Bill Clinton -- Giardino Pubblico, Trieste / Jan Morris -- Gorky Park, Moscow; Tsarskoe Selo & Kirov Park, Saint Petersburg / Ian Frazier -- Griffith Park, Los Angeles / Candice Bergen -- Goose Tiergarten, Berlin / Norman Foster -- High Line, New York / André Aciman -- Hyde Park, London / Amanda Foreman -- Iveagh Gardens, Dublin / John Banville -- Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris / Amanda Harlech -- Lincoln Park & Grant Park, Chicago / Jonathan Alter -- Maidan, Calcutta / Simon Winchester -- Maruyama Koen, Kyoto / Pico Iyer -- Park Güell, Barcelona / Colm Tóibín -- Parque Ecológico de Xochimilco, Mexico City / David Lida -- Presidio, San Francisco / Andrew Sean Greer -- Prospect Park, Brooklyn / Nicole Krauss -- Photographer's Notes / Oberto Gili. |
| Subject |
Urban parks.
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Urban parks -- Pictorial works.
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| Added Author |
Marron, Catie.
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Gili, Oberto.
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| ISBN |
9780062231796 |
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0062231790 |
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