A Walker in the City
Publisher: Harvest Books
Published: March 19, 1969
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780156941761
First sentence: EVERY TIME I go back to Brownsville it is as if I had never been away.
Description: The acclaimed story of a soul awakening to the ecstasy of the senses, the power of language, and the meaning of existence. Kazin's memorable description of his life as a young man as he makes the journey from Brooklyn to "Americanca"--The larger world that begins at the other end of the subway in Manhattan. A classic portrayal of the Jewish immigrant culture of the 1930s.