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Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: First ] Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc Pub Date: 1/14/1998 Binding: Paperback Pages: 200 First edition.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Set against the hills, fog, and contradictions of San Francisco, Frisco Fairytales movesthrough the neighborhoods and generations of a city in perpetual tension. A "utopia"and a hellscape, sometimes on the same block. The stories explore class andgentrification, street-level crime and consequence, love and loyalty, and the particularache of nostalgia for a city that keeps changing beneath your feet. Characters rangefrom a young woman navigating a drug empire and a toxic ex, to a boy who believes hewas born on the moon; from teenagers on prom night to a meditation on the weight ofgrief. Taken together, the stories form a vivid, funny, heartbreaking portrait of what itmeans to grow up as a local in one of the world's most mythologized cities.The title itself is a provocation. The book's preface opens with the history of thenickname, "Frisco", and a reminder of the often segregated cultures within the city. Thecollection is dedicated, in part, to the memory of the Sucka Free City itself.From the Preface: This collection of short stories is about what it means to grow up in a utopia, hellon earth, and the cross streets in between. While these "fairytales" are not meant foryoung children, my hope is that a copy will land in the hands of some kids in the citywho can relate, reflect, and laugh at these stories. The City offers its youth manypaths and traps. As locals, we dance with rage through the beauty and hypocrisy. Ifyou are not from San Francisco, it's fine; I am sure you will still understand 95% ofthe concepts in this book. I have also added a glossary for all the Bay slang I put touse.Before we begin, I would like to remind you, the reader, that Frisco is located onsacred soil. It also happened to go from being one of the cheapest major cities in theU.S. to one of the most expensive in the world. Regardless of time period oreconomic status, this land is magical, and it is our responsibility to give it the respectand honor that it deserves. The way that we interact with the city demonstrates therespect we pay to it. Simply owning, renting, or inheriting property here is notenough to claim it or treat it as you please. The city might just slap you back. I would also like to be clear; We call it Frisco, but many, even locals, don't.Everyone from the city agrees 'San Fran' is the tourist nickname, but the localbourgeoisie class always hated 'Frisco' more. In 1953, a journalist and author by thename of Herb Caen wrote a book titled Don't Call It Frisco. He argued, "Frisco showsdisrespect to a city that is now big and proper and respectable." In other words, itwas the nickname of the poor. Caen grew up in Sacramento in the 1920s, and movedto Nob Hill for a job at the Chronicle in the late 1930s. Dude wasn't even from thecity. In 1995, one year after I was born, and two years before he died, Caen wrote afinal piece for the Chronicle, again titled "Don't Call it Frisco." Caen's workinfluenced thousands, at least from the north side of the city, to loathe the term.Calling the city Frisco, or not, to this day is a reflection of your relationship to theculture, the people, and the land. This nickname, and the controversy surrounding it, exemplifies the themes of class, romance, and rebellion in these stories. Regardless ofthe attempts to remove the city's working class nickname, it will be Frisco forever, and we are on Ohlone land. Fiction short stories. While this book is not meant for children, it is manageable for most teenagers. Contains some coarse language and adult themes. This item is Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Weiss, Brian (illustrator). …

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Kartoniert, Gr.-8°, 208 S. Gering leseschief, gutes Exemplar. ISBN 9783873876064.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Circa 1966 (copyright date 1967). About 35 poets, each with a 1 or 2 sentence description and 1 to 6 poems. Covers are very lightly soiled with age, small shallow crease at top front cover. Interior pages are clean, undamaged. 228 pages.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. German language. 7.48x6.30x0.39 inches. In Stock.

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kart. Condition: Gut. 208 S. ; 24 cm Fast neuwertiges Exemplar, ungelesen. Leichte Lagerspuren am Einband. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 350.

Hardcover. First edition. Near Fine clothbound hardcover with a small light abrasion to the front and a touch of tanning to the endpapers; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. The March 1959 issue of Horizon: A Magazine of the Arts (Vol. I, No. 4), with: a portfolio of gravure-printed color photographs of NYC by Ruth Orkin; a profile of the Spanish artist Joan Miro by Pierre Schneider with photographs by Sabine Weiss and with a spread gravure-printed color reproduction of a litho by the artist; the architecture of Pier Luigi Nervi by Allan Temko; "William Carlos Williams, M.D." a poem by Paul Engle, with a portrait of Williams by Elliott Erwitt; a series of photographs by Nadar of he and Marie-Eugene Chevreul; Malcolm Cowley on recent first novels preoccupied with sex by Terry Southern, J.P. Donleavy, George Elliott, Shirley Ann Grau, and others; Alexander's vision of world unity changed the destiny of western men argues C.A. Robinson, Jr., profusely illustrated; all rules of fashion create backlashes says Dwight E. Robinson; the copper beech in Lady Gregory's House of Coole's garden, and Irish literature; detecting art forgeries by Gilbert Highet; a short story by Marcus Checke; and much more. Edited by Joseph J. Thorndike, Jr. 136 pages; color and b&w illustrations throughout; 9 x 12.25 inches.…

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Condition: Good. PROSPECTUS. 16mo. Postcard, Very Good with some creasing. Illustrated.

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208 S., 8°gr., Obrosch, auf den ersten 31 Seiten Anstreichungen mit Bleistift, sonst sehr gutes Exemplar.

Softcover. 190 p. Good condition. The reading pages are clean and unmarked. Slight signs of storage and use. Retired library copy with corresponding labelling. Otherwise a good copy. 9780761908487 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 295.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Set against the hills, fog, and contradictions of San Francisco, Frisco Fairytales movesthrough the neighborhoods and generations of a city in perpetual tension. A "utopia"and a hellscape, sometimes on the same block. The stories explore class andgentrification, street-level crime and consequence, love and loyalty, and the particularache of nostalgia for a city that keeps changing beneath your feet. Characters rangefrom a young woman navigating a drug empire and a toxic ex, to a boy who believes hewas born on the moon; from teenagers on prom night to a meditation on the weight ofgrief. Taken together, the stories form a vivid, funny, heartbreaking portrait of what itmeans to grow up as a local in one of the world's most mythologized cities.The title itself is a provocation. The book's preface opens with the history of thenickname, "Frisco", and a reminder of the often segregated cultures within the city. Thecollection is dedicated, in part, to the memory of the Sucka Free City itself.From the Preface: This collection of short stories is about what it means to grow up in a utopia, hellon earth, and the cross streets in between. While these "fairytales" are not meant foryoung children, my hope is that a copy will land in the hands of some kids in the citywho can relate, reflect, and laugh at these stories. The City offers its youth manypaths and traps. As locals, we dance with rage through the beauty and hypocrisy. Ifyou are not from San Francisco, it's fine; I am sure you will still understand 95% ofthe concepts in this book. I have also added a glossary for all the Bay slang I put touse.Before we begin, I would like to remind you, the reader, that Frisco is located onsacred soil. It also happened to go from being one of the cheapest major cities in theU.S. to one of the most expensive in the world. Regardless of time period oreconomic status, this land is magical, and it is our responsibility to give it the respectand honor that it deserves. The way that we interact with the city demonstrates therespect we pay to it. Simply owning, renting, or inheriting property here is notenough to claim it or treat it as you please. The city might just slap you back. I would also like to be clear; We call it Frisco, but many, even locals, don't.Everyone from the city agrees 'San Fran' is the tourist nickname, but the localbourgeoisie class always hated 'Frisco' more. In 1953, a journalist and author by thename of Herb Caen wrote a book titled Don't Call It Frisco. He argued, "Frisco showsdisrespect to a city that is now big and proper and respectable." In other words, itwas the nickname of the poor. Caen grew up in Sacramento in the 1920s, and movedto Nob Hill for a job at the Chronicle in the late 1930s. Dude wasn't even from thecity. In 1995, one year after I was born, and two years before he died, Caen wrote afinal piece for the Chronicle, again titled "Don't Call it Frisco." Caen's workinfluenced thousands, at least from the north side of the city, to loathe the term.Calling the city Frisco, or not, to this day is a reflection of your relationship to theculture, the people, and the land. This nickname, and the controversy surrounding it, exemplifies the themes of class, romance, and rebellion in these stories. Regardless ofthe attempts to remove the city's working class nickname, it will be Frisco forever, and we are on Ohlone land. Fiction short stories. While this book is not meant for children, it is manageable for most teenagers. Contains some coarse language and adult themes. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Weiss, Brian (illustrator). …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Gut. Gebraucht - Gut Gu - Beschädigungen, Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, gestempelt.