The 40s: The Story of a Decade

by The New Yorker

Book Overview

Perfect for the holidays, this captivating anthology gathers historic New Yorker pieces from a decade of trauma and upheaval--as well as the years when The New Yorker came of age, with pieces by Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Joseph Mitchell, Vladimir Nabokov, and George Orwell, alongside original reflections on the 1940s by some of today's finest writers.

In this enthralling book, contributions from the great...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679644792
• ISBN13: 9780679644798
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 720 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"