Slaves of New York (Bloomsbury Classic Reads)
by:
Tama Janowitz (author)
A coterie of artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers are all aspiring towards fame and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers. Offbeat, funny and bitingly satirical, "Slaves of New York" sheds an incomparable light on the city's...
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A coterie of artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers are all aspiring towards fame and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers. Offbeat, funny and bitingly satirical, "Slaves of New York" sheds an incomparable light on the city's denizens and social mores.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780747574606 (074757460X)
ASIN: 074757460X
Publish date: 2004-07-05
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Academic,
Literature,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Culture,
Contemporary,
College,
Thriller,
New York,
Short Stories,
Dark,
Fiction
This was in an old list to read. Short stories about life among searching artists in 1980s NYC. Read about 3/4 of stories before realizing I didn't care to invest anymore time in the characters.
the writing is casual and chatty, the stories amusing and strange. sort of a trifle, yet such an enjoyable one.
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