The New Yorker Book of the 40s: Story of a Decade
- 作者
- 出版社 William Heinemann
- 出版时间 2014年5月
- ISBN 0434022411 或 9780434022410
- 定价 109.00
内容简介
Theculturalandpoliticalhistoryofthewatersheddecadeofthe20thcentury,astoldbytheNewYorker.The1940swereadecadeofupheavalandinnovation:theysawtheNurembergTrialsandIsraelistatehood,CasablancaandDukeEllington,smallpoxandskyscrapers,FDRandLeCorbusier,zootsuitsandChristianDior.ItwasalsothedecadetheNewYorkercameofage.ThesamemagazineoffereditsreadersthefirstreportingfromHiroshimaandintroducedtheworldtoHoldenCaulfield,whilecountingJohnHersey,RebeccaWest,E.B.White,andJosephMitchellamongitsregularwriters.Inthisvolume,piecesbythepantheonofjournalists,novelistsandpoetsthatgracedtheNewYorker'spagesinthe1940sarecomplementedbyallnewcontributions,asthemagazine'spresentstarlineuplooksbackatthattumultuousdecade.Hereisabookthatwillenthrall,informandentertainanyhistoryfaninyourlife.
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