Arbitrary Stupid Goal

In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian 1970s childhood, a funky, tight-knit small town in the big city, long before Sex and the City tours and luxury condos. The center of Tamara's universe is Shopsin's, her family's legendary greasy spoon, aka "The Store," run by her inimitable dad, Kenny-a loquacious, contrary, huge-hearted man who, aside from dishing up New York's best egg salad on rye, is Village sheriff, philosopher, and fixer all at once. All comers find a place at Shopsin's table and feast on Kenny's tall tales and trenchant advice along with the incomparable chili con carne.

Filled with clever illustrations and witty, nostalgic photographs and graphics, and told in a sly, elliptical narrative that is both hilarious and endearing, Arbitrary Stupid Goal is an offbeat memory-book mosaic about the secrets of living an unconventional life, which is becoming a forgotten art.

About the author

Tamara Shopsin

Summary

In Arbitrary Stupid Goal, Tamara Shopsin takes the reader on a pointillist time-travel trip to the Greenwich Village of her bohemian 1970s childhood, a funky, tight-knit small town in the big city, long before Sex and the City tours and luxury condos.

Product details

• Authors: Tamara Shopsin, Shopsin Tamara
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.07.2018
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies
• EAN: 9781250183910
• ISBN: 978-1-250-18391-0
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions (packing): 13.8 x 21.2 x 2.6 cm
• Weight (packing): 303 g
• Subjects: New York, Greenwich Village, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Culinary, Cookery / food & drink etc, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Individual photographers, Female Chefs, Gender studies: women, Individual artists, art monographs, History of the Americas, c 1970 to c 1979, Gender studies: women and girls, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, c 1970 to c 1980, Cookery / food and drink / food writing / cookbooks, Literary nonfiction, food memoir, women chefs, literary books, chef memoir, autobiography of women, women artist autobiography, female artist autobiographies, women artist memoirs, best memoir 2017, autobiographies of women, women cooks, womens memoirs, culinary autobiography, chef autobiography, food autobiography, cooking memoir, womens autobiographies, 20th century new York city history, new York city 1970s, 70s new York, cook memoir, culinary memoir, new yorker best books of the year, female artist memoirs