City Parks: Public Places, Private Thoughts
(By Catie Marron)
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André Aciman • Jonathan Alter • John Banville • Bill Clinton • Candice Bergen • Norman Foster • Amanda Foreman • Ian Frazier • Andrew Sean Greer • Amanda Harlech • Pico Iyer • Nicole Krauss • David Lida • Jan Morris • Zadie Smith • Ahdaf Soueif • Colm Tóibín • Simon Winchester
In City Parks, eighteen writers reflect on various parks that hold a special significance for them, sharing personal moments they associate with them. Andrew Sean Greer eloquently paints a portrait of first love in the Presidio; André Aciman muses on the passage of time and the changing face of New York as viewed from the High Line; Nicole Krauss describes the real citizens of Prospect Park-dogs!; Simon Winchester takes readers along on his adventures in the Maidan; and Bill Clinton describes his affection for Dumbarton Oaks.
Intensely personal, yet joined by overlapping themes of memory and the unstoppable passage of time, these essays create a warm portrait of parks around the world-from London to Brooklyn, Calcutta to Chicago, Paris to San Francisco-and offer a unique, thoughtful vision of their significance both to the individual and society itself. Beautifully illustrated with color and black-and-white images, City Parks is a literary anthology and collector's item that illuminates our personal histories and public experiences.”
