Slaves of New York
by:
Tama Janowitz (author)
Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers. But between the disappointments come snatches of...
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Meet the denizens of New York City: artists, prostitutes, saints, and seers. All are aspiring toward either fame or oblivion, and hoping for love and acceptance. Instead they find high rents, faithless partners, and dead-end careers. But between the disappointments come snatches of self-awareness, and astrange beauty in their encounters with one another.
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780671673079 (0671673076)
Publisher: Pocket Books
Pages no: 309
Edition language: English
I think the best thing about this book might be the hilarious cover. Sorry Tama.'Slaves of New York' is a linked series of short stories which, while not adding up to a novel, are observant and fun takes on the art scene in New York City in the 1980s. Many of the characters are met once and never he...
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