Slaves of New York - Softcover

Slaves Of New York Edition: Reprint

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671636782 ISBN 13: 9780671636784

Publisher: Washington Square Press, 1987

Synopsis

This collection of stories describes the life-styles of New York urbanites--young women, artists, an educated prostitute--who find themselves sharing cramped Manhattan apartments and bobbing half-cheerfully, half-lost in the city

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Review

"San Francisco Chronicle"

A TRUE ORIGINAL with an eye for quirky detail... Janowitz's lean, satirical vignettes put her in the stylistic company of Fran Lebowitz and Jay McInerney.

New York "Newsday"

Jane Austen goes punk....Welcome to bohemia, circa now.

"New York"

Deadpan wit and drop-dead style...Janowitz is a fearless writer.

"The Washington Post"

Sparkling and zippy, from a loft warming to the cast party for a zombie movie...FUNNY, REFLECTIVE...WONDERFULLY SHARP.

"Vogue"

Yearning for transcendent love, yet mired in the petulant, niggardly, supremely anti-romantic world of contemporary New York City...In Tama Janowitz's short stories, economics and romance make strange (and funny) bedfellows.

New York "Newsday"Jane Austen goes punk....Welcome to bohemia, circa now.

"New York"Deadpan wit and drop-dead style...Janowitz is a fearless writer.

"The Washington Post"Sparkling and zippy, from a loft warming to the cast party for a zombie movie...FUNNY, REFLECTIVE...WONDERFULLY SHARP.

"San Francisco Chronicle"A TRUE ORIGINAL with an eye for quirky detail... Janowitz's lean, satirical vignettes put her in the stylistic company of Fran Lebowitz and Jay McInerney.

"Vogue"Yearning for transcendent love, yet mired in the petulant, niggardly, supremely anti-romantic world of contemporary New York City...In Tama Janowitz's short stories, economics and romance make strange (and funny) bedfellows.

About the Author

Tama Janowitz vaulted to literary stardom with the bestselling "Slaves of New York, " becoming "the Most Talked About Writer of the Year" "(Women's Wear Daily)." Her stories have appeared in such diverse magazines as "The New Yorker, Paris Review, Spin, Bomb, " and "Interview." She is also the author of the outrageous novels "A Cannibal in Manhattan" and "The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group, " available from Washington Square Press, and an earlier novel, "American Dad." She lives in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Washington Square Press
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671636782
• ISBN 13: 9780671636784
• Binding: Paperback