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开 本: 大32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780792242079
Anna Quindlen first visited London from a chair in her
suburban Philadelphia home—in one of her beloved childhood mystery
novels. She has been back to London countless times since, through
the pages of books and in person, and now, in Imagined London, she
takes her own readers on a tour of this greatest of literary
cities.
While New York, Paris, and Dublin are also vividly portrayed in
fiction, it is London, Quindlen argues, that has always been the
star, both because of the primacy of English literature and the
specificity of city de*ions. She bases her view of the city on
her own detailed literary map, tracking the footsteps of her
favorite characters: the places where Evelyn Waugh’s bright young
things danced until dawn, or where Lydia Bennett eloped with the
dastardly Wickham.
In Imagined London, Quindlen walks through the city, moving
within blocks from the great books of the 19th century to the
detective novels of the 20th to the new modernist tradition of the
21st. With wit and charm, Imagined London gives this splendid city
its full due in the landscape of the literary imagination.
Praise for Imagined London:
”Shows just how much a reading experience can enrich a physical
journey.” —New York Times Book Review
”An elegant new work of nonfiction… People will be inspired by
this book.” —Ann Curry, Today
”An affectionate, richly allusive tribute to the city.” —Kirkus
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