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The Gay Talese Reader: Portraits and Encounters
Intelligent curiosity and great writing: "Intensely curious" is how Gay Talese describes himself on his arrival in New York City as a young man in the mid-1950s, a provincial from a community of immigrants in New Jersey. " But until I got [... more]
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Fame and Obscurity
Fantastic portraits of DiMaggio, Sinatra, etc.: I say 4 stars only because of the datedness of some of the material. But the pieces on Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio in this book (both written in 1966) are brilliant and incisive portrayals of a time and [... more]
$19.00
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Unto the Sons
Unto the Sons: As an Italian reader I found this book very involving and enjoyable. It's a passionate, well written story of emigration, and it's a story about roots and identity. In my opinion the only fault of this book is that it isn't the story of [... more]
$29.00
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Honor Thy Father
Dio ti binidici / the "terrifying insularity of mind": This book took a long time to finish. Actually, too long. I agree with those who found it's pace languid, and it's tone solemn. I did find it very interesting what Talese, whose work ethic [... more]
$7.99
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Shore Stories: An Anthology of the Jersey Shore
Absolutely worth the price of admission!: The sheer scope of this collection shows how impactful the landscape (and seascape) of the Jersey Shore has been. There isn't a bad story in this collection. They are evocative, exciting, emotional and just plain [... more]
$16.95
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Shore Stories: An Anthology of the Jersey Shore
Absolutely worth the price of admission!: The sheer scope of this collection shows how impactful the landscape (and seascape) of the Jersey Shore has been. There isn't a bad story in this collection. They are evocative, exciting, emotional and just plain [... more]
$29.95
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The Bridge: The Building of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
The Bridge: This story as told By Gay Talese is riveting from beginning to end. It is a great tribute to the Men who built the Varrazano Narrows Bridge.New Jersey residents can also be proud because the Brooklyn Tower was built right down here in South [... more]
$14.00
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Writing Creative Nonfiction: The Literature of Reality
Author: Gay Talese Author: Barbara Lounsberry Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 808.0427 EAN: 9780060465872 ISBN: 0060465875 Number Of Pages: 339 Publication Date: 1995-09 [... more]
$57.00
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The Kingdom and the Power
anthony pierulla: After reading Grahams autobiograpical work on the Washingto Post this, Talese's, book was immediatley linked to the other. Those who are interested in the evolution and preservation of our most important right would do well to peruse [... more]
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A Writer's Life
Captivating...yet not really a memoir: As others have pointed out, this book seems to have been written to tie together numerous unfinished pieces rather than to capture Telese's life. I'm glad the effort ended up the way it did; otherwise, years of his [... more]
$26.00
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Unto the Sons
Unto the Sons: As an Italian reader I found this book very involving and enjoyable. It's a passionate, well written story of emigration, and it's a story about roots and identity. In my opinion the only fault of this book is that it isn't the story of [... more]
$15.95
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Fame and obscurity,: Portraits
Author: Gay Talese Binding: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 357 Publication Date: 1970 [... more]
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