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Reading Seattle: The City in Prose

By Peter Donahue; John Trombold

Book information

Publisher
University of Washington Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780295983950, 0295983957, 2003026883
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1133954 bytes)
Pages
316\0
Topic
Literature
Time added
2023-03-11 22:15:02
Literary Criticism; Nonfiction; LIT000000

Description

Seattle, with its spectacular natural beauty and rough frontier history, has inspired writers from its earliest days. This anthology spans seven decades and includes fiction, memoirs, histories, and journalism that define the city or use it as a setting, imparting the flavor of the city through a literary prism. Reading Seattle features classics by Horace R. Cayton, Richard Hugo, Betty MacDonald, Mary McCarthy, Murray Morgan, and John Okada as well as more recent works by Sherman Alexie, Lynda Barry, David Guterson, J. A. Jance, Jonathan Raban, and others. It includes cutting-edge work by emerging talents and reintroduces works by important Seattle writers who may have been overlooked in recent years. The writers featured in this volume explore a variety of neighborhoods and districts within the city, delineating urban spaces and painting memorable portraits of characters both historical and fictional.

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