New York Stories (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)

This dazzling hardcover collects an irresistible selection of classic tales of New York City by James Baldwin, Truman Capote, Shirley Jackson, Jay McInerney, Edith Wharton, and many others Writers have always been enthralled and inspired by New York City, and their vibrant and varied stories provide a kaleidoscopic vision of the citys high life, low life, nightlife, and everything in between. From the wisecracking Broadway guys and dolls of Damon Runyon to the glittering ballrooms of Edith Wharton, from the jazz-soaked nightspots of Jack Kerouac and James Baldwin to the starry-eyed tourists in John Cheever and Shirley Jackson, to the ambitious immigrants conjured by Edwidge Danticat and Junot Diazthis is New York in all its grittiness and glamour. Here is the hectic, dazzling chaos of Times Square and the elegant calm of galleries in the Met; we meet Yiddish matchmakers in the Bronx, Haitian nannies in Central Park, starving artists, and hedonistic yuppiesa host of vivid characters nursing their dreams in the tiny apartments, the lonely cafs, and the bustling streets of the city that never sleeps. Includes: New York Night Club" by Jack Kerouac Pillar of Salt by Shirley Jackson O City of Broken Dreams by John Cheever Master Misery" by Truman Capote Pauls Case" by Willa Cather A Cup of Water by Edith Wharton Sonnys Blues by James Baldwin Its Six A.M. Do You Know Where You Are? by Jay McInerney New York Day Women" by Edwidge Danticat Negocios by Junot Daz and more Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket.