Mumbai, New York, Scranton / by Tamara Shopsin ; with photographs by Jason Fulford.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Scribner, 2013Edition: First Scribner hardcover editionDescription: 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1451687419 (hardcover)
- 9781451687415 (hardcover)
- Shopsin, Tamara -- Travel -- East Asia
- Shopsin, Tamara
- Cooks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Graphic artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
- East Asia -- Description and travel
- Mumbai (India) -- Description and travel
- New York (N.Y.) -- Biography
- Scranton (Pa.) -- Biography
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Main Library | NonFiction | 974.7043 S559 | Available | 33111007124114 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An extraordinarily moving memoir from an iconoclastic new talent--an artist, cook, and New York Times illustrator whose adventures at home and abroad revealed the importance of living life with your eyes wide open.
An extraordinarily moving memoir from an iconoclastic new talent--an artist, cook, and illustrator whose adventures at home and abroad reveal the importance of living life with your eyes wide open.
Best known for her witty illustrations, and as a cook beside her mischievous father in her family's legendary Manhattan restaurant, in Mumbai New York Scranton, Tamara Shopsin offers a brilliantly inventive, spare, and elegant chronicle of a year in her life characterized by impermanence. In a refreshingly original voice alternating between tender and brazen, Shopsin recounts a trip to the Far East with her sidekick husband and the harrowing adventure that unfolds when she comes home. Entire worlds, deep relationships, and indelible experiences are portrayed in Shopsin's deceptively simple and sparse language and drawings.
Blending humor, love, suspense--and featuring photographs by Jason Fulford-- Mumbai New York Scranton inspires a kaleidoscope of emotions. Shopsin's surprising and affecting tale will keep you on the edge of your seat.
"An extraordinarily moving memoir from an iconoclastic new talent--an artist, cook, and New York Times illustrator whose adventures at home and abroad revealed the importance of living life with your eyes wide open. Best known for her witty, sparse illustrations, and as a cook beside her mischievous father in her family's iconic Manhattan restaurant, in Mumbai New York Scranton, Tamara Shopsin chronicles a year in her life when impermanence was the theme. Told in a refreshingly original voice that alternates between tender and brazen, Shopsin recounts her trip to the Far East with her sidekick husband and the harrowing adventure that unfolds after returning home. Blending humor, love, and suspense--and featuring photographs by Jason Fulford--Mumbai New York Scranton reveals and inspires a kaleidoscope of emotions. Shopsin's surprising and affecting tale is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat"--From publisher's website.