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Beschreibung

In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian 1970s childhood, a funky, tight-knit small town in the big city, long before Sex and the City tours and luxury condos. The center of Tamara's universe is Shopsin's, her family's legendary greasy spoon, aka "The Store," run by her inimitable dad, Kenny-a loquacious, contrary, huge-hearted man who, aside from dishing up New York's best egg salad on rye, is Village sheriff, philosopher, and fixer all at once. All comers find a place at Shopsin's table and feast on Kenny's tall tales and trenchant advice along with the incomparable chili con carne.

Filled with clever illustrations and witty, nostalgic photographs and graphics, and told in a sly, elliptical narrative that is both hilarious and endearing, Arbitrary Stupid Goal is an offbeat memory-book mosaic about the secrets of living an unconventional life, which is becoming a forgotten art.

In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian 1970s childhood, a funky, tight-knit small town in the big city, long before Sex and the City tours and luxury condos. The center of Tamara's universe is Shopsin's, her family's legendary greasy spoon, aka "The Store," run by her inimitable dad, Kenny-a loquacious, contrary, huge-hearted man who, aside from dishing up New York's best egg salad on rye, is Village sheriff, philosopher, and fixer all at once. All comers find a place at Shopsin's table and feast on Kenny's tall tales and trenchant advice along with the incomparable chili con carne.

Filled with clever illustrations and witty, nostalgic photographs and graphics, and told in a sly, elliptical narrative that is both hilarious and endearing, Arbitrary Stupid Goal is an offbeat memory-book mosaic about the secrets of living an unconventional life, which is becoming a forgotten art.

Über den Autor
Tamara Shopsin
Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

A Symphony 3
Wide World 12
Wolf 's Lair 34
A Seven-Day Pillbox 45
Hole 18 89
Things 95
My Jewels 115
Gateway Drug 123
A Gift 145
Whoop Whoop 159
Laydee 174
Order of the Universe 197
The Small Pond 198
The Top Floor 220
Buckets of Gravy 231
Raw Chicken Chunks 262
Bulletproof Case 271
Shangri-la 278
The ASG 318

Acknowledgments 321
Food for Thought Answers 323

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Reihe: Picador Paper
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781250183910
ISBN-10: 125018391X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Shopsin, Tamara
Hersteller: St. Martins Press
Picador Paper
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 208 x 136 x 32 mm
Von/Mit: Tamara Shopsin
Erscheinungsdatum: 17.07.2018
Gewicht: 0,296 kg
Artikel-ID: 109596405