New York: A Mod Portrait of the City – March 11, 2014 Author: Zdenek Mahler | Language: English | ISBN:
0789327279 | Format: PDF
New York: A Mod Portrait of the City – March 11, 2014 Description
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"In 1968, an innocent guidebook fell victim to the Cold War. Its whimsical drawings and poetic lines devoted to New York City were destroyed by the Czechoslovakian secret police—all but one copy, that is. Nearly fifty years later, the grandson of its author found the original manuscript buried in an old wardrobe, and this week, it entered American circulation for the first time ever. What Mahler and his friend, an artist named Vladímir Fuka, had drafted some 44 years ago was a whimsical, poetic guide to NYC called,
New York: A Mod Portrait of the City." ~
Daily Beast"The Prague Spring of 1968 left a curious legacy.
New York: A Mod Portrait of the City was a book published in Czechoslovakia in that year and it is the most adorable book about NYC you've never seen... Happy ending: next week, it's back in print, slightly updated." -
Manhattan Users Guide
"And so a pretty, 1960s era guidebook to New York is now the perfect coffee table book." -
Gothamist About the Author
Vladimir Fuka (1926-1977) is a Czech illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and sculptor. In the 1950s and '60s, Fuka created a number of innovative books for both children and adults and has won numerous international awards.
Zdenek Mahler is a writer of books for children and adults, and screenplays for theater, film, and television. He was an advisor in the preparations of Milos Forman's film
Amadeus and
Goya's Ghosts, and has been a writer and moderator of popular educational programs.
- Hardcover: 128 pages
- Publisher: Universe (March 11, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0789327279
- ISBN-13: 978-0789327277
- Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.4 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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