Joe Gould's Secret
$34.86
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
3 October 2019
Summary
A compelling portrait of a true New York eccentric and the agony of writer’s block. After the publication of this book, Joseph Mitchell never published another word during three decades working as a reporter for the New Yorker.
“It’s a masterpiece, of course, but more than that it shows that there is some such thing as being a simple observer” - Nicci French, Independent
It was 1932 when Joseph Mitchell first came across Joe Gould, a Harvard-educated vagrant of Greenwich Villa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784875619 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784875619 |
| Author: | Joseph Mitchell |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 3 October 2019 |
| Weight: | 96g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 6mm |
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Why does the book mean so much to us? It’s a masterpiece, of course, but more than that it shows that there is some such thing as being a simple observer
Why does the book mean so much to us? It’s a masterpiece, of course, but more than that it shows that there is some such thing as being a simple observer – Nicci French * Independent *
A little masterpiece of observation and storytelling * Ian McEwan *
About The Author
Joseph Mitchell
Joseph Mitchell was born near Iona, North Carolina, in 1908, and came to New York City in 1929, when he was twenty-one years old. He eventually found a job as an apprentice crime reporter for The World. He also worked as a reporter and features writer at The Herald Tribune and The World-Telegram before landing at The New Yorker in 1938. “Joe Gould’s Secret,” which appeared on September 26th 1964, was the last piece Mitchell ever published. He went into work at The New Yorker almost every day for the next thirty-one years and six months but submitted no further writing.
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