Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E.B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. The New York Times has named Here is New York one of the ten best books ever written about the metropolis, and The New Yorker calls it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.
E.B. White's underground classic, and one of the most beautifully written, accurate portrayals of the world's most diverse and interesting city.
Elwyn Brooks White was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist and author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. He authored over seventeen books of prose and poetry and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1973.
Funnily enough for such a famous writer, he always said that he found writing difficult and bad for one's disposition but he kept at it!
Mr. White has won countless awards, including the 1971 National Medal for Literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, which commended him for making “a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.”
New York City, here is New York. It is a city of isolation, a city of loneliness and most importantly a city of tolerance. Gone are the old days. Just like what Maugham said, some people are always looking for their final destination. It's a curse, and a ...
评分门口有一只蜘蛛,老是喜欢在那里织网。可是我怨他织错了地方,毁掉它的网,因为他挡了我的门口,阻扰我的进出。但蜘蛛却不屈不挠,一而再再而三的织它的网,但最终都毁在我手里。作为人,我为了自己无烦扰,只能举起扫帚;作为蜘蛛,我觉得值得敬佩。因为网是蜘蛛的一切。 今...
评分我很喜欢纽约,原因是“Breakfast at Tiffany's”和“Sex and the City”。怀特是很有风格和绅士之气的作家,虽然我没见过他,但从他的文笔可以隐约看出他应该是一位有趣、有风度,常常面带善意微笑的老人。他笔下的纽约没有明确的地标,没有对The 5th Street、Empire State Bu...
评分如果恐怖分子也有闲情读书,那么,本拉登的信徒们在胁持飞机撞向世贸大厦时,他们的左口袋里别着一把刀或枪,右口袋里可能会兜着一本怀特的《这就是纽约》。“纽约最微妙的变化,人人嘴上不讲,但人人心里明白。这座城市,在它漫长历史上,第一次有了毁灭的可能。只须一小队形...
评分如果纽约人对53年前写就的《这就是纽约》末尾的预言持有畏惧,911是否还会发生。 E.B.怀特1948年在这本随笔中写道:“在所有可能发动袭击的狂人的头脑中,纽约无疑有着持久的、不可抵挡的诱惑力”。“人人嘴上不讲,但心里明白,这座城市,在它漫长的历史上,第一次有...
怎么会有写的这么好的英文........
评分commuters give the city its tidal restlessness. natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.
评分New Yorkers都未必能完全领会,何况outsiders
评分很多地方半个世纪后读起来还是觉得非常贴切,但是文艺界涉及到的好多人我都没看太懂。这个城市真的还有太多值得淘值得理解的东西。I heart NY。
评分给城市的情书。一半小时就看完了。我觉得我要写北京都能比他写的好。但是不影响纽约在我心里的holy city的地位。
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