| Reading Seattle: The City in Prose Contributor(s): Donahue, Peter (Author), Trombold, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0295983957 ISBN-13: 9780295983950 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | American - General - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 818.508 |
| LCCN: 2003026883 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 6.06" W x 9.06" (0.98 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Locality - Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Wa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Seattle, with its spectacular natural beauty and rough frontier history, has inspired writers from its earliest days. This anthology spans seven decades and includes fiction, memoirs, histories, and journalism that define the city or use it as a setting, imparting the flavor of the city through a literary prism. Reading Seattle features classics by Horace R. Cayton, Richard Hugo, Betty MacDonald, Mary McCarthy, Murray Morgan, and John Okada as well as more recent works by Sherman Alexie, Lynda Barry, David Guterson, J. A. Jance, Jonathan Raban, and others. It includes cutting-edge work by emerging talents and reintroduces works by important Seattle writers who may have been overlooked in recent years. The writers featured in this volume explore a variety of neighborhoods and districts within the city, delineating urban spaces and painting memorable portraits of characters both historical and fictional. |