The New Yorker Book of the 60s
Story of a Decade
- Hardcover
720 pages
- Release Date
31 October 2016
Summary
The next installment in the acclaimed New Yorker ‘decades’ series, featuring an all-star lineup of historical pieces from the 1960s alongside new pieces by current New Yorker staffers.
The 1960s, the most tumultuous decade of the twentieth century, were a time of tectonic shifts in all aspects of society—from the March on Washington and the Second Vatican Council to the Summer of Love and Woodstock. No magazine chronicled the immense changes of the period better than…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780434022434 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0434022438 |
| Author: | Stanislaw Lem, Tim The Football Ramble Limited, Jane Reece, Parag Doshi, Veeru Mehta, Heather Hillary |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | William Heinemann Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Release Date: | 31 October 2016 |
| Weight: | 938g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 162mm x 50mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
The selections on display here certainly warrant the praise. As in previous volumes, the contributor list is an embarrassment of riches: Rachel Carson, James Baldwin, Calvin Trillin, E.B. White, John Updike, Renata Adler, Sylvia Plath, and John McPhee, among other top names … Bring on the ‘70s. * Kirkus Reviews *This book has something for even the most curmudgeonly intellectual * Red Online *
About The Author
Stanislaw Lem
The New Yorker magazine began publishing in 1925, and has long established itself as a singular - and singularly beloved - institution in America’s cultural firmament. With its offices located in New York, the magazine addresses a general-interest readership that is spread across the country, and includes more than a million loyal subscribers.
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