New Releases by Gay Talese

As a young reporter for The New York Times, in 1961 Gay Talese published his first book, New York-A Serendipiter''s Journey, a series of vignettes and essays that began, "New York is a city of things unnoticed. It is a city with cats sleeping under parked cars, two stone armadillos crawling up St. Patrick''s Cathedral, and thousands of ants creeping on top of the Empire State Building." Attention to detail and observation of the unnoticed is the hallmark of Gay Talese''s writing, and The Gay Talese Reader brings together the best of his essays and classic profiles. This collection opens with "New York Is a City of Things Unnoticed," and includes "Silent Season of a Hero" (about Joe DiMaggio), "Ali in Havana," and "Looking for Hemingway" as well as several other favorite pieces. It also features a previously unpublished article on the infamous case of Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt, and concludes with the autobiographical pieces that are among Talese''s finest writings. These works give insight into the progression of a writer at the pinnacle of his craft. Whether he is detailing the unseen and sometimes quirky world of New York City or profiling Ol'' Blue Eyes in "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold," Talese captures his subjects-be they famous, infamous, or merely unusual-in his own inimitable, elegant fashion. The essays and profiles collected in The Gay Talese Reader are works of art, each carefully crafted to create a portrait of an unforgettable individual, place or moment.

"An Italian ROOTS." —The Washington Post Book World At long last, Gay Talese, one of America''s greatest living authors, employs his prodigious storytelling gifts to tell the saga of his own family''s emigration to America from Italy in the years preceding World War II. Ultimately it is the story of all immigrant families and the hope and sacrifice that took them from the familiarity of the old world into the mysteries and challenges of the new.

One of the most influential nonfiction writers of his generation pens a candid, humorous, deeply impassioned, and dazzling book about the nature of writing in one man''s life, and of writing itself.

''A mulher do próximo'' é uma das peças mais desconcertantes do chamado ''novo jornalismo'' - o autor mergulha fundo na intimidade de seus contemporâneos, traçando um amplo e fascinante painel da mudança de costumes sexuais que surgiu nos Estados Unidos nas décadas de 1960 e 1970. Faz também uma espécie de história da repressão e da liberdade sexual em um país fundado por puritanos, mas onde floresceram as seitas de amor livre e o nudismo.

This informal book traces the evolution of literary nonfiction and reveals how Gay Talese writes in the genre. In addition, articles by such masters as John McPhee, Tom Wolfe, and Annie Dillard illustrate various writing techniques.

"Fascinating . . . Poignant." The Wall Street Journal In this extraordinary work of insight and interviews, bestselling author Gay Talese shares with us the lives of those we don''t know and those we might wish we did: Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, Manhattan mobsters, Bowery bums, and many others -- fascinating men and women who define our country''s spirit and lead us to an understanding of ourselves as a nation.

Creates a portrait of everyday life within the Mafia world by focusing on three generations of the Bonanno family.

A collection of off-beat profiles of New Yorkers.

Typescripts and reviews of many of his published collections are included, such as The Beats and Views of a Nearsighted Cannoneer. His unfinished book, Chaos is also represented with a typescript and notes from early readings.