The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans

Susan Larson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2013
Louisiana State University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8071-5307-9 (ISBN)

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The literary tradition of New Orleans spans centuries and touches every genre; its living heritage winds through storied neighborhoods and is celebrated at numerous festivals across the city. For booklovers, a visit to the Big Easy isn't complete without whiling away the hours in an antiquarian bookstore in the French Quarter or stepping out on a literary walking tour. Perhaps only among the oak-lined avenues, Creole town houses, and famed hotels of New Orleans can the lust of A Streetcar Named Desire, the zaniness of A Confederacy of Dunces, the chill of Interview with the Vampire, and the heartbreak of Walker Percy's Moviegoer begin to resonate.

Susan Larson's revised and updated edition of The Booklover's Guide to New Orleans not only explores the legacy of Tennessee Williams and William Faulkner, but also visits the haunts of celebrated writers of today, including Anne Rice and James Lee Burke. This definitive guide provides a key to the books, authors, festivals, stores, and famed addresses that make the Crescent City a literary destination.

Susan Larson, book editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune from 1988 to 2009, now hosts WWNO's public radio program The Reading Life. A founder of the Women's National Book Association of New Orleans and a board member of the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and the New Orleans Public Library, she continues to support and share New Orleans's literary heritage.

Verlagsort	Baton Rouge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	125 x 229 mm
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-8071-5307-9 / 0807153079
ISBN-13	978-0-8071-5307-9 / 9780807153079
Zustand	Neuware