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A new edition of the definitive book on the depression-era immigrant experience in New York City.

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"The greatest man I ever met… [His] titles were more than enough to raise the muse of fire on my neck. " -- Lou Reed
"Delmore Schwartz catapults past the fickleness of mere reputation(that posture and position that Lionel Trilling defined as characterizing a ‘figure’) into something close to legend." -- Cynthia Ozick
"Nostalgic odes to the city are everywhere, but the best thing ever written on the subject is In Dreams Begin Responsibilities." -- The Village Voice
"‘In Dreams Begin Responsibilities’ is as good as a story can be, I’d say after reading it again for the fifth or sixth time, comparable with Kafka, Babel, or Through the Looking Glass." -- Dwight MacDonald

In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other

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    A Paperback / softback by Delmore Schwartz, James Atlas, Irving Howe

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      Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
      Publication Date: 19/06/2012
      ISBN13: 9780811220033, 978-0811220033
      ISBN10: 0811220036
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A new edition of the definitive book on the depression-era immigrant experience in New York City.

      Trade Review
      "The greatest man I ever met… [His] titles were more than enough to raise the muse of fire on my neck. " -- Lou Reed
      "Delmore Schwartz catapults past the fickleness of mere reputation(that posture and position that Lionel Trilling defined as characterizing a ‘figure’) into something close to legend." -- Cynthia Ozick
      "Nostalgic odes to the city are everywhere, but the best thing ever written on the subject is In Dreams Begin Responsibilities." -- The Village Voice
      "‘In Dreams Begin Responsibilities’ is as good as a story can be, I’d say after reading it again for the fifth or sixth time, comparable with Kafka, Babel, or Through the Looking Glass." -- Dwight MacDonald

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