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ckrupiej's review
5.0
"Where is there a city without walls that house its soul or muffle its cries and choreograph the dance of its life? If walls are to protect and exclude do they not also contain and imprison? So, are they, then to love or to hate? After all walls are not by nature made."
"Especially troubling to me was the callous removal of buildings. I felt that, somehow, they had a kind of soul."
"Living in the big city can be compared to existing in a jungle. One becomes a creature of the environment."
"The major environmental factors that characterize the city are: Time , Smell , Rhythm and Space ."
"Space seems to affect concentration and normal eye contact... so most street conversation seems casual no matter how serious the subject."
"City people avoid any eye contact on streets."
"City people maintain a tight grip on possessions."
"City people avoid those who smile in public."
"City people keep in motion-momentum helps avoid engagement."
"Instinctively he understood that being unnoticed is a major skill in the art of urban survival..."
"Especially troubling to me was the callous removal of buildings. I felt that, somehow, they had a kind of soul."
"Living in the big city can be compared to existing in a jungle. One becomes a creature of the environment."
"The major environmental factors that characterize the city are: Time , Smell , Rhythm and Space ."
"Space seems to affect concentration and normal eye contact... so most street conversation seems casual no matter how serious the subject."
"City people avoid any eye contact on streets."
"City people maintain a tight grip on possessions."
"City people avoid those who smile in public."
"City people keep in motion-momentum helps avoid engagement."
"Instinctively he understood that being unnoticed is a major skill in the art of urban survival..."
scarletohhara's review
5.0
Eisner is a genius - at observing, imagining and drawing, and this book is a joy to read, linger and ruminate on.
rachelhelps's review
2.0
Maybe Eisner was a big deal back when everyone else was whiz bang booming, and I appreciate that, but from my modern standpoint he comes across as kind of cheesy/overly overt. I'm glad I can recognize his style now, but he's not my favorite comic book writer.
stacyr's review
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
4.0
deepfreezebatman's review
5.0
will eisner is my hero! his artwork is amazing and I love his simplicity. a true master of sequential art and the original comic artist
aborham's review
4.0
really enjoyed it. although I've not been to new York before but anyone who love in a city can relate to the situations illustrated in this book. i like how Eisner traced the social life in the city through its physical elements organized in a series of illustrated short stories.
audrey_0nline's review
4.0
Incredibly poignant vignettes of New York. I don't think it's an accurate depiction of the average New Yorker's experience, but it definitely embodies everything we all hope New York is, with a tinge of reality.
marcelo_fontoura's review against another edition
5.0
Solidão e sensibilidade na cidade grande. Histórias em que a cidade é um personagem sempre presente, mas que não fala, só influencia. Faz repensar a relação com os prédios e as cidades que nos cercam, e, ao mesmo tempo, nos unem e isolam.