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It Was Gonna Be Like Paris
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It Was Gonna Be Like Paris Trade paperback - 1988

by Listfield, Emily

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New York's vibrant and decadent East Village is the setting for this arrestingly different novel that speaks for the "new wave" generation. The landscape is populated by aspiring rock stars, addicts, Hell's Angels, and misfits.

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Toronto.: Bantam Books., 1988. First edition. 1st Bantam printing.. Trade paperback. Very good. Age-toning. Cover price tag residue.. 1 Trade paperback. Glued binding. 162 p. Audience: General/trade. Fiction set in New York's Lower East Side among 20th century young artists emulating 1920s bohemian Paris.
Used - Very good. Age-toning. Cover price tag residue.
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  • Title It Was Gonna Be Like Paris
  • Author Listfield, Emily
  • Binding Trade paperback
  • Edition First edition. 1st Bantam printing.
  • Condition Used - Very good. Age-toning. Cover price tag residue.
  • Pages 178
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bantam Books., Toronto.
  • Date 1988
  • Bookseller's Inventory # Alibris.F4170008039
  • ISBN 9780553345438 / 0553345435
  • Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6 x 0.51 in (22.91 x 15.24 x 1.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88047524
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Media reviews

“Listfield captures the disillusionment of young artists in vignettes that combine the rawness of graffiti with the sentimentality of country music.” —Esquire

“The Book’s appeal lies in Listfield’s powers of description and the way her short, insightful paragraphs capture the look and feel of the Lower East Side and its inhabitants." —East Village Eye

“Listfield skillfully paints the picture of a young woman questioning herself in a transitory, aimless world where many people are not even aware that there are such things as questions.”—Sunday New York Daily News

About the author

Emily Listfield, author of Variations in the Night and Slightly Like Strangers, was born and raised in New York City. Her short fiction has appeared in 20 Under 30, Bomb and the East Village Eye. She also writes book reviews for The New York Times.