Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York - Hardcover

Sante, Luc

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374194149 ISBN 13: 9780374194147

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1991

Synopsis

Details the history of Manhattan's desperate neighborhoods in an urban study that compiles information on topography, entertainment, crime, law, and the budding of idealism

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Review:

"A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves." --John Vernon, " Los Angeles Times Book Review"
A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves. "John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review""

"A cacophonous poem of democracy and greed, like the streets of New York themselves." --John Vernon, Los Angeles Times Book Review

About the Author:

Luc Sante was born in Verviers, Belgium, and now lives in New York City. He is the author of Evidence, The Factory of Facts, and Walker Evans, and his work has appeared in The New York Review of Books, The New Republic, and Harper's, among other publications. He teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0374194149
• ISBN 13: 9780374194147
• Binding: Hardcover