Bartleby and Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener by Gay Talese Paperback Book
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Bartleby and Me: Reflections of an Old Scrivener by Gay Talese Paperback Book. Rising within the city of New York are about one million buildings. Author Gay Talese. Format Paperback. Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc. Bartleby and Me by Gay Talese Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description "Literary Legend" (New York) Gay Talese retraces his pioneering career in literary nonfiction, marked by his fascination with the world's hidden the concluding act of this "incomparable" (Air Mail) capstone book, Talese introduces readers to one final unforgettable story: the strange and riveting all new true crime tale of Dr. Nicholas Bartha, who blew up his Manhattan brownstone--and himself--rather than relinquish his claim to the American dream."New York is a city of things unnoticed," a young reporter named Gay Talese wrote sixty years ago. He would spend the rest of his legendary career defying that statement by celebrating the people most reporters overlooked, understanding that it was through these minor characters that the epic story of New York City history and America unfolded. Inspired by Herman Melville's great short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener," Talese now revisits the unforgettable "nobodies" he has profiled in his celebrated career--from the New York Times's anonymous obituary writer to Frank Sinatra's entourage. In the book's final act, a remarkable piece of original reporting titled "Dr. Bartha's Brownstone," Talese presents a new "Bartleby," an unknown doctor who made his mark on the city one summer day in 2006. Rising within the city of New York are about one million buildings. These include skyscrapers, apartment buildings, bodegas, schools, churches, and homeless shelters. Also spread through the city are more than 19,000 vacant lots, one of which suddenly appeared some years ago--at 34 East 62nd Street, between Madison and Park Avenues--when the unhappy owner of a brownstone at that address blew it up (with himself in it) rather than sell his cherished nineteenth-century high-stoop Neo-Grecian residence in order to pay the court-ordered sum of $4 million to the woman who had divorced him three years earlier. This man was a physician of sixty-six named Nicholas Bartha. On the morning of July 10, 2006, Dr. Bartha filled his building with gas that he had diverted from a pipe in the basement, and then he set off an explosion that reduced the fivestory premises into a fiery heap that would injure ten firefighters and five passersby and damage the interiors of thirteen apartments that stood to the west of the crumbled has been obsessed with Dr. Bartha's story and spent the last seventeen years on a piece of investigative journalism, examining this single 20 100 foot New York City building lot, its serpentine past, and the unexpected triumphs and disasters encountered by its residents and owners--an unlikely cast featuring society wannabes, striving immigrants, Gilded Age powerbrokers, Russian financiers, and even a turncoat during the War of Independence--just as he has been obsessed with similar "nobodies" throughout his career. Concise, elegant, tragic, and whimsical, this masterful memoir Bartleby and Me is the valedictory work of a master career-spanning work of literary nonfiction delivers: A Pioneer of New Journalism: Gay Talese reflects on the legendary career that helped define a new form of storytelling, revealing his fascination with the people most reporters Nobodies of New York: Revisit the unforgettable profiles that defined an era of narrative nonfiction, from the New York Times's anonymous obituary writer to Frank Sinatra's entourage.A Riveting True Story: The concluding act is an all-new, seventeen-year investigation into Dr. Nicholas Bartha, a man who blew up his Manhattan brownstone rather than surrender his American Ghost of Bartleby: Discover how Herman Melville's classic short story provides the framework for understanding the quiet defiance of the hidden figures who define a city. Details ISBN 0063350645 ISBN-13 9780063350649 Title Bartleby and Me Author Gay Talese Format Paperback Year 2024 Pages 320 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc GEItemID:168756494; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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