内容简介

Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E.B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. The New York Times has named Here is New York one of the ten best books ever written about the metropolis, and The New Yorker calls it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.

E.B. White's underground classic, and one of the most beautifully written, accurate portrayals of the world's most diverse and interesting city.

作者简介

Elwyn Brooks White was a leading American essayist, author, humorist, poet and literary stylist and author of such beloved children's classics as Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little, and The Trumpet of the Swan. He graduated from Cornell University in 1921 and, five or six years later, joined the staff of The New Yorker magazine. He authored over seventeen books of prose and poetry ...

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精彩摘录

ThereareroughlythreeNewYorks.Thereis,first,theNewYorkofthemanorwomanwhowasbornthere,whotakesthecityforgrantedandacceptsitssize,itsturbulenceasnaturalandinevitable.Second,thereistheNewYorkofthecommuter-thecitythatisdevouredbylocustseachdayandspatouteachnight.Third,thereisNewYorkofthepersonwhowasbornsomewhereelseandcametoNewYorkinquestofsomething.Ofthesetremblingcitiesthegreatestisthelast-thecityoffinaldestination,thecitythatisagoal.ItisthisthirdcitythataccountsforNewYork’shighstrungdisposition,itspoeticaldeportment,itsdedicationtothearts,anditsincomparableachievements.

——引自第25页

我忽然意识到，即使每个国家，少对”敌人“动些心思，世界该省出多少时间，用于清醒和有益的事业，一念至此，我不觉心灰意冷。

——引自第68页