{"product_id":"kafka-was-the-rage-a-greenwich-village-memoir-paperback","title":"Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnatole Broyard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Hemingway's \u003ci\u003eA Moveable Feast\u003c\/i\u003e did for Paris in the 1920s, this charming yet undeceivable memoir does for Greenwich Village in the late 1940s. In 1946, Anatole Broyard was a dapper, earnest, fledgling avant-gardist, intoxicated by books, sex, and the neighborhood that offered both in such abundance. Stylish written, mercurially witty, imbued with insights that are both affectionate and astringent, this memoir offers an indelible portrait of a lost bohemia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e We see Broyard setting up his used bookstore on Cornelia Street--indulging in a dream that was for him as romantic as \"living off the land or sailing around the world\" while exercizing his libido with a protegee of Anais Nin and taking courses at the New School, where he deliberates on \"the new trends in art, sex, and psychosis.\" Along the way he encounters Delmore Schwartz, Caitlin and Dylan Thomas, William Gaddis, and other writers at the start of their careers. Written with insight and mercurial wit, \u003ci\u003eKafka Was the Rage\u003c\/i\u003e elegantly captures a moment and place and pays homage to a lost bohemia as it was experienced by a young writer eager to find not only his voice but also his place in a very special part of the world.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat Hemingway's A Moveable Feast did for Paris in the 1920s, this charming yet undeceivable memoir does for Greenwich Village in the late 1940s. In 1946, Anatole Broyard was a dapper, earnest, fledgling avant-gardist, intoxicated by books, sex, and the neighborhood that offered both in such abundance. Stylish written, mercurially witty, imbued with insights that are both affectionate and astringent, this memoir offers an indelible portrait of a lost bohemia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnatole Broyard was a book critic, columnist, and editor for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003efor eighteen years. He is the author of the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eIntoxicated by My Illness \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKafka Was The Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1990 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 8.02 x 5.16 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52013966852397,"sku":"9780679781264","price":17.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/kafka-was-the-rage-a-greenwich-village-memoir-paperback-5452005.webp?v=1777442946","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/kafka-was-the-rage-a-greenwich-village-memoir-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}