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Tales of two cities : the best and worst of times in today's New York / edited by John Freeman.
Loaned to Another Library PS509.N5 T35 2014
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Book Committee.
- City and town life.
- New York (N.Y.)--Literary collections.
- New York (N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Anecdotes.
- New York (N.Y.)--Miscellanea.
- City and town life--New York (State)--New York--Anecdotes.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Anecdotes.
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Literary collections.
- Literature.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; London : OR Books, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Growing inequality is today a world-wide phenomenon. But it is at its most acute in the 'world cities' where the rich choose to live (or invest their fortunes in real estate). Nowhere is this more evident than New York City, where the top 1% earns upwards of $500,000/year, while 22,000 children are homeless. What does this chasm of wealth feel like to people who live and work in NYC? The stories in Tales of Two Cities mix fiction and reportage to convey the indignities and heartbreak, the callousness and solidarities, of living side-by-side with people who have a stupefyingly different income."-- Publisher's description.
- ISBN:
- 9781939293633
- 1939293634
- OCLC:
- 892983835
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