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Presents a collection of essays on people; how a teacher of English decides that his destiny is to promote the paintings of an obscure American abstract expressionist; a poker player invents a more exciting version of chess; and more. This book includes summaries that derive their character from digressions and details, cadence and tone.

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"Weschler is the owner of a large dose of novelistic vision, and a particularly poetic set of ears, but... as important an endowment as a novelist's eye or a poet's ear is still the journalistic nose which led him down the proverbial alley." - National Post (Canada) "Weschler is a thoughtful observer and a superb storyteller." - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Weschler's essays are exquisitely written - so perfectly and unobtrusively organized that one can't imagine telling them a better way." - New York Times Book Review"

A Wanderer in the Perfect City Selected Passion

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226893907, 978-0226893907
      ISBN10: 0226893901

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents a collection of essays on people; how a teacher of English decides that his destiny is to promote the paintings of an obscure American abstract expressionist; a poker player invents a more exciting version of chess; and more. This book includes summaries that derive their character from digressions and details, cadence and tone.

      Trade Review
      "Weschler is the owner of a large dose of novelistic vision, and a particularly poetic set of ears, but... as important an endowment as a novelist's eye or a poet's ear is still the journalistic nose which led him down the proverbial alley." - National Post (Canada) "Weschler is a thoughtful observer and a superb storyteller." - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Weschler's essays are exquisitely written - so perfectly and unobtrusively organized that one can't imagine telling them a better way." - New York Times Book Review"

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