“It can destroy an individual, or it can fulfill him, depending a good deal on luck. No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky.”
New York is an enigma, a rock star, a celebrity among all cities in the world. So much have been said and have been written about her. The city appeared in movies, in its own Broadway plays, and many songs have been sung for the great New York, but still it seems that the city is the most misunderstood city of all. New York is arguably the most famous or infamous city, depending on which perspective we are, in the whole world.
Two different stories, two different times, and one city is more than enough to inspire two individuals to write about the schizophrenia of New York. Schizophrenia, because New York is a city of different personality, different moods, and according to many, one can never be too familiar with New York. “Pregnant in New York” and “New York, 1936” are but two glimpses of the many different kinds of New York to many different people.
“New York, 1936” is an account of the city’s personality at the turn of the century and the author’s amazement and awe of his first few days in the great city of New York. The American writer was born in Oklahoma City, on Mar. 1, 1914. He achieved international fame with his first novel, in 1952 ( 1986). In 1936 he moved to New York City, where he met the novelist , and became associated with the Federal Writers’ Project, publishing short stories and articles in such magazines as New Challenge and New Masses.
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