Saint Mazie: A Novel
Autor Jami Attenbergen Limba Engleză Hardback – iun 2015
When the Great Depression hits, Mazie's life is on the brink of transformation. Addicts and bums roam the Bowery; homelessness is rampant. If Mazie won't help them, then who? When she opens the doors of The Venice to those in need, this ticket taking, fun-time girl becomes the beating heart of the Lower East Side, and in defining one neighborhood helps define the city.
Then, more than ninety years after Mazie began her diary, it's discovered by a documentarian in search of a good story. Who was Mazie Phillips, really? A chorus of voices from the past and present fill in some of the mysterious blanks of her adventurous life.
Inspired by the life of a woman who was profiled in Joseph Mitchell's classicUp in the Old Hotel, SAINT MAZIE is infused with Jami Attenberg's signature wit, bravery, and heart. Mazie's rise to "sainthood"--and her irrepressible spirit--is unforgettable.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781455599899
ISBN-10: 1455599891
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 222 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 1455599891
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 222 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Grand Central Publishing
Colecția Grand Central Publishing
Notă biografică
Jami
Attenbergis
the
author
of
a
story
collection,Instant
Love,
and
three
novels,The
Kept
Man,
The
Melting
Season,
andThe
Middlesteins,
which
was
a
finalist
for
theLos
Angeles
TimesBook
Prize
for
Fiction.
It
will
be
published
in
nine
countries.
She
has
contributed
essays
and
criticism
toThe
New
York
Times,
Real
Simple,
Elle,
The
Washington
Post,
and
many
other
publications.
She
lives
in
Brooklyn,
New
York.
Recenzii
"Full
of
love
and
drink
and
dirty
sex
and
nobility....
Attenberg
takes
Mitchell's
witty,
colorful
piece
and
spins
it
into
something
equally
lively
and
new."—New
York
Times
Book
Review
"Tender-hearted and loose-living, Mazie is the unlikely guardian angel of New York City's Depression-Era down-and-outs. You'll love this smart, touching novel that brings her world to life."—People
"Boisterous and compassionate."—O Magazine
"Delightful . . . [an] often ebullient tale about the simple pleasures of a working life. . . . Thanks to the wonderful Jami Attenberg (with an assist from the legendary Joseph Mitchell) Mazie does live on, an actual 20th century New York City saint."—NPR
"Attenberg is a nimble and inventive storyteller with a particular knack for getting at the heart of outsized characters. . . . [she] proves her chops as a historical novelist by perfectly capturing Mazie's jazz-age voice, which ranges from clipped and vulgar to melancholy and lyrical. Attenberg also sidesteps many of the pitfalls of the form: no day-by-day plodding through the decades, no unedited research notes masquerading as dialogue. She resists any plot twist or final revelation to provide a tidy psychological explanation for Mazie Phillips-Gordon sainthood."—Washington Post
"[F]resh and witty... SAINT MAZIE looks deep into the spirit of generosity. Jami Attenberg's Mazie lives a very big life in a very small space, turning her darkest experiences into something inspiring."—Wall Street Journal
"Attenberg captures Mazie's voice so vividly you can close the book and still hear her talking. She is a tremendous achievement. ...[A] bold, magnificent book about family, altruism, women and freedom, as well as a love letter to New York and a timely social manifesto for the 21st century."—The Guardian
"Attenberg's style, at turns lyrical and blunt, is a strong match for Mazie. . . .This voice-pleasantly tinged with jazz age argot, refreshingly modern in its honesty, and always intimate-is Attenberg's great achievement in SAINT MAZIE. ...[A] boisterous, deep, provocative book."—Boston Globe
"A winning novel and a lovely tribute to a New Yorker whose only claim to fame is her outsized kindness. Her Mazie is richly imagined and three-dimensional, and in these pages she lives forever."—Los Angeles Times
"Attenberg has an impressive ability to capture unique voices and make these characters authentic and distinctive... the voices inSaint Maziering out and linger, bringing to life this specific place and time in New York-and American-history."—Dallas Morning News
"[I]ngeniously constructed.... An attentive character study that also happens to be rich in city lore and period detail, SAINT MAZIE is an edifying, companionable and moving novel."—Kansas City Star
"[Attenberg] nails Mazie's irresistible combination of sweet and seedy, tough and tender."—Miami Herald
"A funny, touching novel."—Vanity Fair
"Impressive . . . Attenberg excels at developing Mazie's voice as she grows from an impetuous, witty girl, into a shrewd-yet-selfless character. But the book is largely about the silent tragedies of womanhood, and the different forms love and loneliness can take . . . WhatSaint Mazieis most concerned with: how to be a human being."—Bust Magazine
"The hugely talented Jami Attenberg, most recently author ofThe Middlesteins, has built a novel based on an imagined diary of Mazie Phillips, a Bowery movie-theater proprietress."—New York Magazine
"The Middlesteinsauthor Jami Attenberg has traded writing about the Midwest for Jazz Age New York-and, oh, what a glorious swap it is. If you love historical stories with bold language that vividly paint a picture of another era, you'll be so happy to spend your summer days alongside Mazie Phillips, the real-life proprietress of a downtown NYC movie theater called The Venice. Take a peek inside Mazie's diary, and get swept away."—Bustle, "The 17 Best Books of Summer"
"Entertaining . . . A fascinating portrait of early 20th-century New York and of an unlikely champion of the dispossessed."—BookPage
"SAINT MAZIE is a love letter to a New York City that doesn't exist anymore-the gritty, working-class Lower East Side and Coney Island that your grandparents might remember...genuine and relatable."—Condé Nast Traveler
"A raw, boisterous, generous novel with a heroine to match and New York in its soul, Saint Mazie offers proof again that Jami Attenberg is a brilliant, lion-hearted storyteller."—Maggie Shipstead, author of Astonish Me and Seating Arrangements
"With SAINT MAZIE, Jami Attenberg has crafted a tale that is somehow both a love song and a gut punch at once, and will leave you all the better for having read it. When I finished reading, I wanted to start all over again."—Therese Anne Fowler, author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
"Jami Attenberg is a master at creating complex and compelling characters. She did it with Edie Middlestein ofThe Middlesteins, and she's done it again with Mazie Phillips-Gordon of SAINT MAZIE. While Mazie is an actual historical figure, in Attenberg's adept hands, she blossoms as a multidimensional woman who helped the down-and-out in New York City during and after the Depression, while stirring up her own mischief and bad behavior. A wonderful and thoughtful read, as relevant then as it is today, SAINT MAZIE is not to be missed."—B.A. Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author of The Art Forger
"SAINT MAZIE is a novel with as much style and moxie as its titular character. I missed Mazie Gordon-Phillips and her family when I was finished reading, but I missed New York, too. By telling this one woman's story, Jami Attenberg has managed to write an ode to New Yorkers of every generation. She is a true poet of the city."—Gabrielle Zevin, author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
"I'd love to be Jami Attenberg for a day to see what she sees. The next best thing is to read the touching, funny, and wise SAINT MAZIE, which is as difficult to categorize as the hard-living, heart-breaking, soul-saving ticket taker it is about."—Charlotte Rogan, author of The Lifeboat
"SAINT MAZIE moves with joy and wonder through the past. This book has such brio, warmth, intelligence and personality it seems a wonder it is made of mere words."—Rebecca Lee, author of Bobcat & Other Stories
"Jami Attenberg is a beautiful, humane, and extremely funny writer, and SAINT MAZIE-the story of a flawed, spiky, golden-hearted, broken-hearted broad, a kind of personification of the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the first years of the 20th century-is a glorious book."—Louisa Young, author of My Dear I Wanted to Tell You
"[A] gorgeous love letter to the city...a compulsively readable tribute to a memorable and heroic New Yorker."—Vulture
"Tender-hearted and loose-living, Mazie is the unlikely guardian angel of New York City's Depression-Era down-and-outs. You'll love this smart, touching novel that brings her world to life."—People
"Boisterous and compassionate."—O Magazine
"Delightful . . . [an] often ebullient tale about the simple pleasures of a working life. . . . Thanks to the wonderful Jami Attenberg (with an assist from the legendary Joseph Mitchell) Mazie does live on, an actual 20th century New York City saint."—NPR
"Attenberg is a nimble and inventive storyteller with a particular knack for getting at the heart of outsized characters. . . . [she] proves her chops as a historical novelist by perfectly capturing Mazie's jazz-age voice, which ranges from clipped and vulgar to melancholy and lyrical. Attenberg also sidesteps many of the pitfalls of the form: no day-by-day plodding through the decades, no unedited research notes masquerading as dialogue. She resists any plot twist or final revelation to provide a tidy psychological explanation for Mazie Phillips-Gordon sainthood."—Washington Post
"[F]resh and witty... SAINT MAZIE looks deep into the spirit of generosity. Jami Attenberg's Mazie lives a very big life in a very small space, turning her darkest experiences into something inspiring."—Wall Street Journal
"Attenberg captures Mazie's voice so vividly you can close the book and still hear her talking. She is a tremendous achievement. ...[A] bold, magnificent book about family, altruism, women and freedom, as well as a love letter to New York and a timely social manifesto for the 21st century."—The Guardian
"Attenberg's style, at turns lyrical and blunt, is a strong match for Mazie. . . .This voice-pleasantly tinged with jazz age argot, refreshingly modern in its honesty, and always intimate-is Attenberg's great achievement in SAINT MAZIE. ...[A] boisterous, deep, provocative book."—Boston Globe
"A winning novel and a lovely tribute to a New Yorker whose only claim to fame is her outsized kindness. Her Mazie is richly imagined and three-dimensional, and in these pages she lives forever."—Los Angeles Times
"Attenberg has an impressive ability to capture unique voices and make these characters authentic and distinctive... the voices inSaint Maziering out and linger, bringing to life this specific place and time in New York-and American-history."—Dallas Morning News
"[I]ngeniously constructed.... An attentive character study that also happens to be rich in city lore and period detail, SAINT MAZIE is an edifying, companionable and moving novel."—Kansas City Star
"[Attenberg] nails Mazie's irresistible combination of sweet and seedy, tough and tender."—Miami Herald
"A funny, touching novel."—Vanity Fair
"An
exuberant
portrait
of
an
unforgettable
woman
and
the
city
she
loves."
—BBC.com"Impressive . . . Attenberg excels at developing Mazie's voice as she grows from an impetuous, witty girl, into a shrewd-yet-selfless character. But the book is largely about the silent tragedies of womanhood, and the different forms love and loneliness can take . . . WhatSaint Mazieis most concerned with: how to be a human being."—Bust Magazine
"The hugely talented Jami Attenberg, most recently author ofThe Middlesteins, has built a novel based on an imagined diary of Mazie Phillips, a Bowery movie-theater proprietress."—New York Magazine
"The
real-life
Mazie
first
appeared
in
a
1940New
Yorkerprofile
by
Joseph
Mitchell
and
later
again
in
his
seminal
collection,
"Up
in
the
Old
Hotel."
Now
Mazie's
latest,
and
perhaps
more
powerful
incarnation,
is
in
the
novel
"Saint
Mazie"
by
Jami
Attenberg.
Here
Mazie
continues
to
grab
the
lapels
and
hearts
of
readers
-
and
we
are
all
the
more
glad
for
the
shake-up
she
gives
us
.
.
.
Achieves
immortality
in
the
minds
and
hearts
of
readers."
—Milwaukee
Journal
Sentinel"The Middlesteinsauthor Jami Attenberg has traded writing about the Midwest for Jazz Age New York-and, oh, what a glorious swap it is. If you love historical stories with bold language that vividly paint a picture of another era, you'll be so happy to spend your summer days alongside Mazie Phillips, the real-life proprietress of a downtown NYC movie theater called The Venice. Take a peek inside Mazie's diary, and get swept away."—Bustle, "The 17 Best Books of Summer"
"Entertaining . . . A fascinating portrait of early 20th-century New York and of an unlikely champion of the dispossessed."—BookPage
"This
follow-up
to
Attenberg's
beloved
novel
The
Middlesteins
shares
many
of
that
book's
hallmarks:
unflinching
examinations
of
some
of
people's
more
unflattering
qualities,
compassion
for
the
same,
and
a
clear
love
and
respect
for
the
journeys
we
all
must
go
on
.
.
.
her
work
has
the
same
sense
of
bonhomie
and
joy
as
did
the
original
'Saint'
Mazie."
—The
L
Magazine,
#1
on
the
"50
Books
You'll
Want
to
Read
This
Spring
and
Summer"
list
"I
loved
it
to
pieces
.
.
.
Through
an
incredible
cast
of
voices,
Attenberg
gives
us
the
story
of
Mazie
Phillips,
the
bawdy,
brassy
broad
who
runs
a
New
York
theater
from
the
Jazz
Age
through
Prohibition
and
into
the
Great
Depression.
Mazie
never
marries
but
has
admirers
aplenty,
and
she
grows
from
party
girl
into
community
fixture
as
she
devotes
her
time
to
caring
for
the
homeless
and
hungry.
The
frame
and
structure
Attenberg
gives
her
story
are
as
interesting
as
the
story
itself,
and
the
whole
experience
is
a
delight.
Highly
recommended!"
—Rebecca
Joines
Schinsky,Book
Riot"SAINT MAZIE is a love letter to a New York City that doesn't exist anymore-the gritty, working-class Lower East Side and Coney Island that your grandparents might remember...genuine and relatable."—Condé Nast Traveler
"A raw, boisterous, generous novel with a heroine to match and New York in its soul, Saint Mazie offers proof again that Jami Attenberg is a brilliant, lion-hearted storyteller."—Maggie Shipstead, author of Astonish Me and Seating Arrangements
"With SAINT MAZIE, Jami Attenberg has crafted a tale that is somehow both a love song and a gut punch at once, and will leave you all the better for having read it. When I finished reading, I wanted to start all over again."—Therese Anne Fowler, author of Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
"Jami Attenberg is a master at creating complex and compelling characters. She did it with Edie Middlestein ofThe Middlesteins, and she's done it again with Mazie Phillips-Gordon of SAINT MAZIE. While Mazie is an actual historical figure, in Attenberg's adept hands, she blossoms as a multidimensional woman who helped the down-and-out in New York City during and after the Depression, while stirring up her own mischief and bad behavior. A wonderful and thoughtful read, as relevant then as it is today, SAINT MAZIE is not to be missed."—B.A. Shapiro, New York Times bestselling author of The Art Forger
"SAINT MAZIE is a novel with as much style and moxie as its titular character. I missed Mazie Gordon-Phillips and her family when I was finished reading, but I missed New York, too. By telling this one woman's story, Jami Attenberg has managed to write an ode to New Yorkers of every generation. She is a true poet of the city."—Gabrielle Zevin, author of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
"I'd love to be Jami Attenberg for a day to see what she sees. The next best thing is to read the touching, funny, and wise SAINT MAZIE, which is as difficult to categorize as the hard-living, heart-breaking, soul-saving ticket taker it is about."—Charlotte Rogan, author of The Lifeboat
"SAINT MAZIE moves with joy and wonder through the past. This book has such brio, warmth, intelligence and personality it seems a wonder it is made of mere words."—Rebecca Lee, author of Bobcat & Other Stories
"A
terrific
novel--touching,
funny,
big-hearted,
just
like
Mazie
herself.
It's
written
with
great
verve
and
brio,
and
I
loved
the
way
we
circle
around
and
then
dig
deeper
into
Mazie's
life
through
the
multiple
voices
and
sources.
It's
Mazie
herself,
though,
who
shines
the
brightest,
and
who
lingers
on
in
the
mind
and
heart,
a
real
diamond
in
the
rough."
—Monica
Ali,
author
of
Brick
Lane
and
Untold
Story
"Jami Attenberg is a beautiful, humane, and extremely funny writer, and SAINT MAZIE-the story of a flawed, spiky, golden-hearted, broken-hearted broad, a kind of personification of the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the first years of the 20th century-is a glorious book."—Louisa Young, author of My Dear I Wanted to Tell You
"[A] gorgeous love letter to the city...a compulsively readable tribute to a memorable and heroic New Yorker."—Vulture