![]() There is a funny, knowing riff on what it feels like to arrive in New York for the first time a lyrical meditation on how the city is transformed by an unexpected rain shower and a wry look at the ferocious battle that is commuting. Whitehead's style is as multilayered and multifarious as New York itself: Switching from third person, to first person, to second person, he weaves individual voices into a jazzy musical composition that perfectly reflects the way we experience the city. A masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps, The Colossus of New York captures the city's inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories.Ĭolson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents and of newcomers who dream of making it their home of those who have conquered its challenges and of those who struggle against its cruelties. Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in - or spent time - in the greatest of American cities. ![]() In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance, the chaos, the promise, and the heartbreak of New York. ![]()
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