From the #1 NYT bestselling author of Can 't We Talk About Something More Pleasant', Roz Chast 's new graphic memoir--a hilarious illustrated ode/guide/ thank-you note to Manhattan.
A native Brooklynite-turned-suburban commuter deemed the quintessential New Yorker, Roz Chast has always been intensely alive to the glorious spectacle that is Manhattan--the daily clash of sidewalk racers and dawdlers; the fascinating range of dress codes; and the priceless, nutty outbursts of souls from all walks of life.
For Chast, adjusting to life outside the city was surreal--(you can own trees!' you have to drive!')--but she recognized that the reverse was true for her kids. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange visual world of Manhattan--its blackened sidewalk gum-wads, "those West Side Story-things" (fire escapes)--and its crazily honeycombed systems and grids.
Told through Chast 's singularly zany, laugh-out-loud, touching, and true cartoons, Going Into Town is part New York stories (the "overheard and overseen" of the island borough), part personal and practical guide to walking, talking, renting, and venting--an irresistible, one-of-a-kind love letter to the city.
About the Author
Roz Chast grew up in Brooklyn. Her cartoons began appearing in the New Yorker in 1978. Since then, she has published more than one thousand cartoons in the magazine. She has written and illustrated many books, including What I Hate: From A to Z, and the collections of her own cartoons The Party After You Left and Theories of Everything. She is the editor of The Best American Comics 2016 and the illustrator of Calvin Trillin's No Fair! No Fair! and Daniel Menaker's The African Svelte, all published in Fall 2016.
Industry Reviews
The wonderful and inimitable Roz Chast introduces her old friend, New York City, in a beguiling way that will illuminate newcomers, prompt old-timers to nod in recognition, and inspire a whole new generation of siamese standpipe buffs. -- Luc Sante I love this book as much as one can love a book without getting arrested. -- Patricia Marx Those of us who prefer Roz Chast's work to just about any other amalgam of words and pictures since the Egyptian hieroglyphs will not be surprised that her book about New York is a complete delight from first page to last--but all of us may be instructed anew in how much her art depends on her close observation of detail. Everything in the city--from the positive emptiness of the Metropolitan Museum to the ominous emptiness of a subway car--is registered with a discriminating eye for the truth as real as her matchless sense of the wacky. -- Adam Gopnik By turns grim and absurd, deeply poignant and laugh-out-loud funny. Ms. Chast reminds us how deftly the graphic novel can capture ordinary crises in ordinary American lives. Michiko Kakutani, New York Times on CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? A tour de force of dark humor and illuminating pathos about her parents' final years as only this quirky genius of pen and ink could construe them. Elle on CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? An achievement of dark humor that rings utterly true. Washington Post on CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? Revelatory ... So many have faced (or will face) the situation that the author details, but no one could render it like she does. A top-notch graphic memoir that adds a whole new dimension to readers' appreciation of Chast and her work. -- starred review Kirkus Reviews on CAN'T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT?
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