Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street Tapa dura - 1998
de Lee Stringer; Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut
A memoir written as a series of personal essays in an unflinchingly honest, journalistic style, this book addresses issues that affect everyone, directly or indirectly, such as poverty, homelessness, racism, family, urban violence, drug and alcohol addiction, crime, and the criminal justice system. Homeless himself until recently, Stringer writes with candor about the large population of people who live in the street.
Descripción de contraportada
Whether Lee Stringer is describing "God's corner" as he calls 42nd Street, or his friend Suzy, a hooker and "past-due tourist" whose infant child he sometimes babysits, whether he is recounting his experiences at Street News, where he began hawking the newspaper for a living wage, then wrote articles, and served for a time as muckraking senior editor, whether it is his adventures in New York's infamous Tombs jail, or performing community service, or sleeping in the tunnels below Grand Central Station by night and collecting cans by day, this is a book rich with small acts of kindness, humor and even heroism alongside the expected violence and desperation of life on the street. Two events rise over Grand Central Winter like sentinels: Stringer's discovery of crack cocaine and his catching the writing bug. Between these two very different yet oddly similar activities, Lee's life unwound itself, during the 1980s, and took the shape of an odyssey, an epic struggle to find meaning and happiness in arid times. He eventually beat the first addiction with help from a treatment program. The second addiction, writing, has hold of him still.
Detalles
- Título Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street
- Autor Lee Stringer; Foreword by Kurt Vonnegut
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Edición First Edition
- Páginas 240
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Seven Stories Press, New York
- Fecha de publicación 1998-07-14
- Features Dust Cover, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781888363579 / 1888363576
- Peso 0.89 libras (0.40 kg)
- Dimensiones 8.54 x 5.82 x 0.85 pulgadas (21.69 x 14.78 x 2.16 cm)
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Temas
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Geographic Orientation: New York
- Seasonal: Winter
- Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 97023641
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Reseñas en medios
Citas
- Booklist, 07/01/1998, Page 1839
- Library Journal, 06/15/1998, Page 97
- New York Times, 06/28/1998, Page 27
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1999, Page 67
- Publishers Weekly, 06/15/1998, Page 51
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