A Wanderer in the Perfect City by Lawrence Weschler
Presents a collection of essays on people; how a teacher of English decides that his destiny is to promote the paintings of an obscure American abstract expressionist; a poker player invents a more exciting version of chess; and more. This book includes summaries that derive their character from digressions and details, cadence and tone.
"Weschler is the owner of a large dose of novelistic vision, and a particularly poetic set of ears, but.. as important an endowment as a novelist's eye or a poet's ear is still the journalistic nose which led him down the proverbial alley." - National Post (Canada) "Weschler is a thoughtful observer and a superb storyteller." - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Weschler's essays are exquisitely written - so perfectly and unobtrusively organized that one can't imagine telling them a better way." - New York Times Book Review"
A widely honored journalist, Lawrence Weschler is the director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University. He is the author of twelve books, including Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, Vermeer in Bosnia, and, most recently, Everything That Rises: A Book of Convergences.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226893907 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226893901 |
| Title | A Wanderer in the Perfect City |
| Author | Lawrence Weschler |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2006-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 308 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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