| Love Is Like Park Avenue Contributor(s): Levin, Alvin (Author), Reidel, James (Editor), Ashbery, John (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 081121799X ISBN-13: 9780811217996 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 Annotation: Alvin Levin, himself from the Bronx, captured life in the turbulent era of the 1930s in New York City. The stories are all told by and "outsider artist," a writer who is never able to finish his long novel yet easily writes these small touching portraits about the poor who, in their dance halls and bars, long to live the high-life of the Park Avenue "swells." in dance halls, and bars. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009027741 |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.3" W x 7.98" (0.54 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. |
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| Publisher Description: The stories are all told by and "outsider artist", a writer who is never able to finish his long novel yet easily writes these small touching portraits about the poor who, in their dance halls and bars, long to live the high-life of the Park Avenue "swells." in dance halls, and bars. |
Contributor Bio(s): Reidel, James: - JAMES REIDEL is a poet, translator, editor, and biographer.Levin, Alvin: - Alvin Levin (b. 1914, Paterson, NJ) studied at City College and Brooklyn Law School. Courted by The New Yorker, New Directions and others, Levin mysteriously disappeared. He died in 1982.Ashbery, John: - Pulitzer Prize-winning poet John Ashbery (1927--2017) translated many French writers, including Alfred Jarry, Pierre Reverdy, and Raymond Roussel. In 2011 he was awarded the National Book Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award. |