Wonderful Town New York Stories from The New Yorker

NewYorkCityisnotonly"TheNewYorker'splaceoforiginanditssensibility'slifeblood;itistheheartofAmericanliteraryculture.WonderfulTowncollectssuperbshortfictionbymanyofthemagazine'sandthiscountry'smostaccomplishedwriters.Likeallgoodfiction,thesestoriestakeparticularplaces,particularpeople,andparticulareventsandturnthemintodramasofuniversalenlightenmentandemotionalimpact.HereNewYorkiseverygreatplaceandeveryordinaryplace.Eachlifeinit,andeachlifeinWonderfulTown,isthelifeofusall.