New Orleans Stories: Great Writers on the City - Softcover

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9780811800594: New Orleans Stories: Great Writers on the City

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ISBN 10: 0811800598 ISBN 13: 9780811800594

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 1992

Alive with jazz and tropical flowers, its streets an intoxicating 24-hour party, New Orleans exerts a hypnotic effect on virtually every visitor and resident, but perhaps none have been more susceptible to its exotic charm than the writers who have lived there. From Mark Twain to William Faulkner to Anne Rice; from Kate Chopin to Zora Neale Hurston to Ellen Gilchrist; from Tennessee Williams to Truman Capote to Walker Percy, the authors in this remarkable collection celebrate the city that stirs their imaginations as no other can. Third in our best-selling series of anthologies centered around America's great cities, New Orleans Stories includes not only "literature," but also interviews, ghost stories, and voodoo charms. Perfect for first-time visitors as well as longtime residents, it re-creates the heady, mesmerizing atmosphere of New Orleans itself.

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Synopsis:

An anthology of writings inspired by America's most exotic city. Among the authors represented are Walker Percy, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Zora Neale Hurston, Truman Capote, and Louis Armstrong. Introduction by Andrei Codrescu. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

About the Author:

John Miller has edited a number of intriguing anthologies for Chronicle Books, including Lust and White Rabbit. He runs Big Fish Books, a packaging company in San Francisco.

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