The 50s: The Story of a Decade

by The New Yorker

Book Overview

Perfect for the holidays, this engrossing anthology assembles classic New Yorker pieces from a complex era enshrined in the popular imagination as the decade of poodle skirts and Cold War paranoia--featuring contributions from Philip Roth, John Updike, Nadine Gordimer, and Adrienne Rich, along with fresh analysis of the 1950s by some of today's finest writers.

The New Yorker was there in real time, chronicling the tensions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679644814
• ISBN13: 9780679644811
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 784 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"