City of Angles : a drive-by portrait of Los Angeles / Al Martinez.

Main entry:

Martínez, Al.

Title & Author:

City of Angles : a drive-by portrait of Los Angeles / Al Martinez.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1996.

Description:

x, 160 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
"A Thomas Dunne book."

Summary:

"After twenty-five years of covering a city in wild transition, Los Angeles Times columnist Al Martinez takes a shot at capturing Los Angeles in still life, as it is now, today, this very moment. It is a formidable task that must be approached with humor, compassion, anger, fear, and the ability to scurry out of the way when something bad is bearing down on you."--BOOK JACKET. "L.A. is a big, sprawling place that manages to dominate the world stage without even half trying. Today, like Gulliver bursting the bonds that have pinned him to earth, L.A. is awakening with a roar that is causing palm trees to bend in Miami and skyscrapers to tremble in New York. The echo of the roar is being heard around the world."--BOOK JACKET. "A gifted cultural seismograph, Martinez brings all of this to life in a series of observations and anecdotes, written with the aim of a drive-by poet, and he never misses the mark. The result is a remarkable effort in capturing a city on its way to becoming what America will be in the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0312139446
9780312139445

Subject:

Social conditions
Travel.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Description and travel.
Los Angeles (Calif.) Social conditions.
California Los Angeles.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 86225
Call No.: ID F869.L8 M3; ID:95-B3929
Status: Available

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