The Bottom of the Harbor

Classic portraits of New York City''s hidden corners from one of

Throughout its long literary history, there have been few writers as distinctly tied to the city of New York as Joseph Mitchell. As a widely acclaimed essayist for
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More than sixty years after its original publication,

About the author

Joseph Mitchell (1908-1996) came to New York City on October 25, 1929, from the swamp country of southeastern North Carolina. He worked as a reporter and feature writer for The World, The Herald Tribune, and The World-Telegram for eight years, and then went to The New Yorker, where he remained until his death. Mitchell's interests included the waterfront and architecture of New York City, commercial fishing, Southern agriculture, and Irish literature.

Joana Avillez is an illustrator from and still living in New York. Her drawings and illustrated stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York magazine, Zeit Magazin, Apartamento, and many other places. She illustrated D C-T, written with Molly Young, and Lena Dunham's memoir, Not That Kind of Girl.

Product details

• Authors: Joana Avillez, Joseph Mitchell, Josh Safdie
• Publisher: Modern Library PRH US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 04.04.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9780593594957
• ISBN: 978-0-593-59495-7
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous