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THE COLOSSUS OF NEW YORK - COLSON WHITEHEAD KAR...

'Pitch-perfect . . . Utterly authentic . . . The Colossus of New York is quite simply the most
delicious thirteen bites of the Big Apple I've taken in ages' Washington Post   In a dazzlingly
original work of non-fiction  the author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance 
the chaos  the promise and the heartbreak of New York. Here is a literary love song that will
entrance anyone who has ever lived in  visited or dreamed of the greatest of American cities. 
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.
Colson 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.   Whitehead's style is as
multilayered and multifarious as New York itself: 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.   The Colossus of New York is a remarkable portrait of life in the big city.
Ambitious in scope  gemlike in its details  it is at once an unparalleled tribute to New York
and the ideal introduction to one of the most exciting writers working today.

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