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Sto caricando le informazioni... Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt and Music (2005)di Mark Kurlansky
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Jewish new york. Ok. Not one of his better offerings ( ) I found reading this book analogous to watching grass grow. The book seems to focus more on the unique characteristics of the local multicultural community, than on any vaguely interesting plot. If you enjoy the character development in books like Catch 22 (a similarly annoying book) you will probably enjoy Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue. If not, save yourself the pain. This book is rather silly but enjoyable. The story of Nathan Seltzer, a man going through what his toddler calls a "mid-wife crisis" as he wanders through the rapidly-gentrifying East Village in the now-legendary 1980s. There's silliness - such as the psychiatrist obsessed with the Mets. But there's also pathos in the squatters getting dispossessed by the young professionals. And it is all described with a great deal of humanity. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
It's the boom years of the 1980s, and life is closing in on Nathan Seltzer, who rarely travels beyond his suddenly gentrifying Lower East Side neighborhood in New York City. Between paralyzing bouts of claustrophobia, Nathan wonders whether he should cheat on his wife with Karoline, a German pastry maker whose parents may or may not have been Nazis. His father, Harry, is plotting with the 1960s boogaloo star Chow Mein Vega for the comeback of this dance craze. Meanwhile, a homicidal drug addict is terrorizing the neighborhood. With its cast of unforgettable characters, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue is a comedy of cultures, of the old and the new. It's about struggling to hold on to life in a rapidly changing world, about food and sex, and about how our lives are shaped by love and guilt. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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