{"product_id":"new-yorkers-a-city-and-its-people-in-our-time-paperback","title":"New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time - 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\u003eCraig Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first twenty years of the twenty-first century, New York City has been convulsed by terrorist attack, blackout, hurricane, recession, social injustice, and pandemic. \u003cem\u003eNew Yorkers\u003c\/em\u003e weaves the voices of some of the city's best talkers into an indelible portrait of New York in our time--and a powerful hymn to the vitality and resilience of its people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest-selling author Craig Taylor has been hailed as \"a peerless journalist and a beautiful craftsman\" (David Rakoff), acclaimed for the way he \"fuses the mundane truth of conversation with the higher truth of art\" (Michel Faber). In the wake of his celebrated book \u003cem\u003eLondoners\u003c\/em\u003e, Taylor moved to New York and spent years meeting regularly with hundreds of New Yorkers as diverse as the city itself. \u003cem\u003eNew Yorkers\u003c\/em\u003e features 75 of the most remarkable of them, their fascinating true tales arranged in thematic sections that follow Taylor's growing engagement with the city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are the uncelebrated people who propel New York each day--bodega cashier, hospital nurse, elevator repairman, emergency dispatcher. Here are those who wire the lights at the top of the Empire State Building, clean the windows of Rockefeller Center, and keep the subway running. Here are people whose experiences reflect the city's fractured realities: the mother of a Latino teenager jailed at Rikers, a BLM activist in the wake of police shootings. And here are those who capture the ineffable feeling of New York, such as a balloon handler in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade or a security guard at the Statue of Liberty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVibrant and bursting with life, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorkers\u003c\/em\u003e explores the nonstop hustle to make it; the pressures on new immigrants, people of color, and the poor; the constant battle between loving the city and wanting to leave it; and the question of who gets to be considered a \"New Yorker.\" It captures the strength of an irrepressible city that--no matter what it goes through--dares call itself the greatest in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978582196525,"sku":"9781324021995","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dURjbHR4SWVGcWt6ZzRCcloyUmkzUT09.webp?v=1775805973","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/new-yorkers-a-city-and-its-people-in-our-time-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}