Urban Romance: A Novel of New York in the 80s - Softcover

George, Nelson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1879360365 ISBN 13: 9781879360365

Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist, 1994

Synopsis

Dwayne, a street-wise music critic from Brooklyn, and Danielle, an Ivy-League-educated editor, meet and fall in love in spite of their differences, but Danielle's pregnancy soon puts their love to the test. Reprint. IP.

About this title

Review:

"Timely and powerful."
--SPIKE LEE

"Fiercely lyrical . . . The Big Chill--buppie style!"
--ANITA BAKER

"An insightful glimpse into a world where race is the theme and class is the tricky variation. . . . Nelson George . . . writes with a vitality and an emotional honesty that are appealing."
--The Boston Globe

"Urban Romance is a sojourn with deeply imagined characters whose dreams live in our hearts."
--ANGELA BASSETT
"From the Paperback edition."

"Timely and powerful."
--SPIKE LEE
"Fiercely lyrical . . . The Big Chill--buppie style!"
--ANITA BAKER
"An insightful glimpse into a world where race is the theme and class is the tricky variation. . . . Nelson George . . . writes with a vitality and an emotional honesty that are appealing."
--The Boston Globe
"Urban Romance is a sojourn with deeply imagined characters whose dreams live in our hearts."
--ANGELA BASSETT

"Timely and powerful."
--SPIKE LEE
"Fiercely lyrical . . . The Big Chill--buppie style!"
--ANITA BAKER
"An insightful glimpse into a world where race is the theme and class is the tricky variation. . . . Nelson George . . . writes with a vitality and an emotional honesty that are appealing."
--The Boston Globe
"Urban Romance is a sojourn with deeply imagined characters whose dreams live in our hearts."
--ANGELA BASSETT

"Timely and powerful."
--SPIKE LEE

"Fiercely lyrical . . . The Big Chill--buppie style!"
--ANITA BAKER

"An insightful glimpse into a world where race is the theme and class is the tricky variation. . . . Nelson George . . . writes with a vitality and an emotional honesty that are appealing."
--The Boston Globe

"Urban Romance is a sojourn with deeply imagined characters whose dreams live in our hearts."
--ANGELA BASSETT

About the Author:

Nelson George is the author of eight books, including Elevating the Game, The Death of Rhythm and Blues, which was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award, Where Did Our Love Go?, Seduced, and most recently, the highly praised Buppies, B-Boys, Baps & Bohos. A graduate of St. John's University, he was Billboard's black music editor for seven years before becoming a regular columnist for The Village Voice in 1989. He is a coauthor of the screenplays for the films Strictly Business and CB4 and a Grammy Award winner for James Brown's album Startime. George was born and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1879360365
• ISBN 13: 9781879360365
• Binding: Paperback