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Soft city
by Raban, Jonathan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0525206612
- ISBN 13
- 9780525206613
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
E. P. Dutton, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 8vo. 229pp. Light shelfwear to boards, dust soiling along the top; dust jacket has just a touch of edgewear, but is not chipped or torn. Overall a Very Good copy in dust jacket. Comparative views of 'the art of cosmopolitan living' (jacket upper cover), based on the author's experiences in the Black American ghettos of the East Coast (particularly New York City, Cambridge and Roxbury, Massachusetts) and London's gay community in Earl's Court; dedicated to Robert and Caroline Lowell. Includes bibliography. Signed and inscribed by Raban in blue ink on title page (with name of recipient erased).
Synopsis
Soft City is the first book written by Jonathan Raban, and published by The Harvill Press in 1974. A vivid, often funny portrait of metropolitan life, Soft City is part reportage, part incisive thesis, part intimate autobiography, and a much-quoted classic of the literature of the city and urban culture. In an age when the big city is becoming less popular than ever, this is a passionate and imaginative defense of city life, its "unique plasticity, its privacy and freedom."
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L059964
- Title
- Soft city
- Author
- Raban, Jonathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0525206612
- ISBN 13
- 9780525206613
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- United States 20th Century Urban Studies New York City Massachusetts Cambridge Roxbury Great Britain England London Gay Studies Homosexuality Urban Studies Sociology Anthropology Signed Inscribed QX91, , , , , , , ,
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