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City Parks : Public Places, Private Thoughts by created and edited by Catie Marron; photographs by Oberto Gili is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is City Parks : Public Places, Private Thoughts about?

Catie Marron’s __City Parks__ captures the spirit and beauty of eighteen of the world’s most-loved city parks. Zadie Smith, Ian Frazier, Candice Bergen, Colm Tóibín, Nicole Krauss, Jan Morris, and a dozen other remarkable contributors reflect on a particular park that holds special meaning for them. Andrew Sean Greer eloquently paints a portrait of first love in the Presidio; André Aciman muses on time’s fleeting nature and the changing face of New York viewed from the High Line; Pico Iyer explores hidden places and privacy in Kyoto; Jonathan Alter takes readers from the 1968 race riots to Obama’s 2008 victory speech in Chicago’s Grant Park; Simon Winchester invites us along on his adventures in the Maidan; and Bill Clinton writes of his affection for Dumbarton Oaks. Oberto Gili’s color and black-and-white photographs unify the writers’ unique and personal voices. Taken around the world over the course of a year, in every season, his pictures capture the inherent mood of each place. Fusing images and text, __City Parks__ is an extraordinary and unique project: through personal reflection and intimate detail it taps into collective memory and our sense of time’s passage.

Who reads City Parks : Public Places, Private Thoughts?

Author

created and edited by Catie Marron; photographs by Oberto Gili

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062231802

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Collections, Agriculture, Memoir