City of Night

City of Night
Author :
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages : 514
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780802121530
ISBN-13 : 0802121535
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Book Synopsis City of Night by : John Rechy

Download or read book City of Night written by John Rechy and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-11-12 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[Rechy’s] tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own. . . . He tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the life he conveys. . . . This is a most humbling and liberating achievement.”—James Baldwin When John Rechy’s explosive first novel appeared in 1963, it marked a radical departure in fiction, and gave voice to a subculture that had never before been revealed with such acuity. It earned comparisons to Genet and Kerouac, even as Rechy was personally attacked by scandalized reviewers. Nevertheless, the book became an international bestseller, and fifty years later, it has become a classic. Bold and inventive in style, Rechy is unflinching in his portrayal of one hustling “youngman” and his search for self-knowledge within the neon-lit world of hustlers, drag queens, and the denizens of their world, as he moves from El Paso to Times Square, from Pershing Square to the French Quarter. Now including never-seen original marked galley pages and an interview with the author, Rechy’s portrait of the edges of America has lost none of its power to move and exhilarate.


City of Night Related Books

City of Night
Language: en
Pages: 514
Authors: John Rechy
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-11-12 - Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

“[Rechy’s] tone rings absolutely true, is absolutely his own. . . . He tells the truth, and tells it with such passion that we are forced to share in the li
The Epic of New York City
Language: en
Pages: 642
Authors: Edward Robb Ellis
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-20 - Publisher: Basic Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

In swift, witty chapters that flawlessly capture the pace and character of New York City, acclaimed diarist Edward Robb Ellis presents his masterpiece: a thorou
The Lost City
Language: en
Pages: 338
Authors: Henry Shukman
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-07 - Publisher: Vintage

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Jackson Small—barely twenty and just discharged from the military—sets off in search of something he cannot even be sure is real: La Joya, the lost capital
Wicked City
Language: en
Pages: 502
Authors: Ace Atkins
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-10 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series comes a “noir crime classic”(Mystery Ink) about one of the most notorious towns in Ame
City Limits
Language: en
Pages: 552
Authors: Will Oursler
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-12 - Publisher: Wildside Press LLC

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The call-girl ring had it easy. The girls worked their customers in the city, but their headquarters were in the next county -- out of reach of the city police.