![]() 'A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end this island fantasy, burn the towers, crumble the bridges, turn the underground passages into lethal chambers, cremate the millions. 'The city, for the first time in its long history, is destructible,' White writes. But since September 11, 2002, several sentences near the end-sentences 55 years old-resound with a prescience so eerie they bear repeating. ![]() “Part reverie, part lament and part exultation, the essay has long been recommended by Manhattanophiles as the best sketch ever drawn of the place. “The wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.”- The New Yorker It’s the finest portrait ever painted of the city at the height of its glory.”-Russell Baker “New York was the most exciting, most civilized, most congenial city in the world when this book was written. "Just to dip into this miraculous essay-to experience the wonderful lightness and momentum of its prose, its supremely casual air and surprisingly tight knit-is to find oneself going ahead and rereading it all.White’s homage feels as fresh as fifty years ago." -John Updike ![]() ![]() White's love letter to New York.” - AMNY’s “Books Every New Yorker Should Read" ![]()
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