Land`s End. A Walk in Provincetown

Cunningham, Michael:

ISBN 10: 0609609076 / ISBN 13: 9780609609071

Published by New York : Crown Journeys (Crown Publishers),, 2002

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173 S., 20 cm (= Crown Journeys) In Englischer Sprache. In Deutschland erschienben unter dem Titel: Land`s End: Ein Spaziergang in Provincetown. Vom Autoren mit Widmung und Signatur versehenes Exemplar. Zusätzlich ist die damalige Mail-Adresse Cunninghams von ihm niedergehalten. Lese- und Lagerspuren. Ohne Schutzumschlag. Einband berieben und bestoßen. Rücken verzogen. Schnitt etwas angestaubt und fleckig. Gutes Exemplar (H63) A/Z 39996 H63 ISBN 9780609609071 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 510. Seller Inventory # 39996

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Title: Land`s End. A Walk in Provincetown

Publisher: New York : Crown Journeys (Crown Publishers),

Publication Date: 2002

Binding: Pappband

Condition: Gut

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis:

In this celebration of one of America's oldest towns (incorporated in 1720), Michael Cunningham, author of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning The Hours, brings us Provincetown, one of the most idiosyncratic and extraordinary towns in the United States, perched on the sandy tip at the end of Cape Cod.

Provincetown, eccentric, physically remote, and heartbreakingly beautiful, has been amenable and intriguing to outsiders for as long as it has existed. "It is the only small town I know of where those who live unconventionally seem to outnumber those who live within the prescribed bounds of home and licensed marriage, respectable job, and biological children," says Cunningham. "It is one of the places in the world you can disappear into. It is the Morocco of North America, the New Orleans of the north."

He first came to the place more than twenty years ago, falling in love with the haunted beauty of its seascape and the rambunctious charm of its denizens. Although Provincetown is primarily known as a summer mecca of stunning beaches, quirky shops, and wild nightlife, as well as a popular destination for gay men and lesbians, it is also a place of deep and enduring history, artistic and otherwise. Few towns have attracted such an impressive array of artists and writers—from Tennessee Williams to Eugene O'Neill, Mark Rothko to Robert Motherwell—who, like Cunningham, were attracted to this finger of land because it was . . . different, nonjudgmental, the perfect place to escape to; to be rescued, healed, reborn, or simply to live
in peace. As we follow Cunningham on his various excursions through Provincetown and its surrounding landscape, we are drawn into its history, its mysteries, its peculiarities—places you won't read about in any conventional travel guide.

About the Author:

Michael Cunningham is the author of Flesh and Blood, A Home at the End of the World, and, most recently, The Hours, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and soon to be a major film. He lives and works in New York City.