The Last Fine Time - 9780226443355

By turns, an elegy, a celebration, and a social history, The Last Fine Time is a tour de force of lyrical style. Verlyn Klinkenborg chronicles the life of a family-owned restaurant in Buffalo, New York, from its days as a prewar Polish tavern to its reincarnation as George & Eddie's, a swank nightspot serving highballs and French-fried shrimp to a generation of optimistic and prosperous Americans. In the inevitable dimming of the neon sign outside the restaurant, we see both the passing of an old world way of life and the end to the postwar exuberance that was Eddie Wenzek's "last fine time."

Informazioni bibliografiche

• Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Last Fine Time
• Lingua: English
• Autore:  Verlyn Klinkenborg
• Editore: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Collana: Univ of Chicago Pr (Paperback)
• Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Febbraio '04
• Genere: LITERARY CRITICISM
• Argomenti :  Polish Americans New York (State) Buffalo Biography Polish Americans New York (State) Buffalo Social life and customs 20th century Ethnic neighborhoods New York (State) Buffalo History 20th century
• Pagine: 200
• Dimensioni mm: 209 x 133 x 12
• ISBN-10: 0226443353
• EAN-13: 9780226443355