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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherNational Geographic Society
ISBN-10079226536X
ISBN-139780792265368
eBay Product ID (ePID)25038421333
Product Key Features
Book TitleLos Angeles
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGeneral, Essays & Travelogues, United States / West / Pacific (Ak, CA, Hi, Or, Wa), Customs & Traditions
Publication Year2002
GenreTravel, Social Science
AuthorA. M. Homes
Book SeriesDirections Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight12.8 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2002-030938
SynopsisThe surreal City of Angels is a unique amalgam of past and present, tradition and revolution, dreamscape and reality. Whether in history books or on the silver screen, the Los Angeles landscape has long served as an ever-shifting backdrop against which countless American anxieties and aspirations play out. New York-based novelist and short-story writer A. M. Homes distills the elusive, quixotic splendor of this most beguiling of great American cities. She checks us into the famed hotel Chateau Marmont and uses life at this iconic landmark as a multifaceted prism through which to view and experience Los Angeles culture, past and present. Built in the 1920s, the Chateau Marmont is where the famous and infamous have always come to stay-- for a few days or months at a time--and sometimes, to die.