内容简介
Perceptive,funny,andnostalgic,E.B.White'sstrollaroundManhattanremainsthequintessentiallovelettertothecity,writtenbyoneofAmerica'sforemostliteraryfigures.TheNewYorkTimeshasnamedHereisNewYorkoneofthetenbestbookseverwrittenaboutthemetropolis,andTheNewYorkercallsit"thewittiestessay,andoneofthemostperceptive,everdoneonthecity.
作者简介
“ThoroughlyAmericanandutterlybeautiful”ishowWilliamShawn,hiseditorattheNewYorker,describedE.B.White’sprose.Atthemagazine,Whitedevelopedapureandplain-spokenliterarystyle;hiswritingwascharacterizedbywit,sophistication,optimism,andmoralsteadfastness.In1978hewasawardedthePulitzerPrizeforthebodyofhiswork.E.B.Whitediedin1985RogerAngellisawriterandfictioneditorattheNewYorker.