Lamentation: 9/11

by E.L. Doctorow

Book Overview

Ruderg text accompanies photographs of posters for the missing put up around New York City following 9/11. It is a personal reflection on the people of the city and the special bond that gives them... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964095254
• ISBN13: 9780964095250
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Ruder-Finn Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.5" x 12.6"

Customer Reviews

2005 Writers Notes Book Award Winner

We didn't want to look at this book, being too close to ground zero as it were, but on that fateful September day, we all looked up from our lives and paused. We lamented the end of an era and, for many, the end of our lives. David Finn felt compelled to photograph the wreckage of and reaction to the most vicious attack on the U.S. mainland since the British burned the White House in 1812. Not surprisingly, the response was similar-fear, loathing, hope, anguish, disdain for fellow man and government, and unmitigated strength. E.L. Doctorow supports this story in pictures with sparse, lyrical text. This book is a lasting testament to the unbending soul of New York City and the boundless freedom of a country that was born in just such a moment and will survive into the foreseeable future.