false 1622921 1 <div><div>This finely crafted novel provides a memorable glimpse of life and love in New York in the 1920s.<br> <br>Janet Flanner, who as Genêt wrote a fort-nightly &#8220;Letter from Paris&#8221; for the <i>New Yorker </i>magazine for almost fifty years, has recently told of her experiences in Paris in her widely acclaimed book <i>Paris</i><i> Was Yesterday. </i>Here in her only published novel, <i>The Cubical City</i>,<i> </i>she provides an extraordinary&#8212;and memorable&#8212;glimpse of the young artist in New York during the Jazz Age. In an Afterword written for this new edition she discusses the writer&#8217;s craft and her early schooling in and dedication to it.<br> <br>The story concerns the young, talented, and liberated Delia Poole who, after emerging from the Middle West and after a period of struggle, is enjoying success as a costume designer for New York musical reviews. In love with New York, established in her own studio, and en­joying life, she finds her life complicated by Paul, the impecunious suitor, and by the death of her father and her mother&#8217;s removal to New York.<br></div></div> 1616899 1 11 1974 The cubical city (Lost American fiction) total:5|4:1|3:2|2:2| 5 14 12 2 4 0 false false Mon May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 05 13:25:50 -0700 2008 Mon May 12 08:57:36 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Aug 07 19:21:26 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 19:23:13 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jul 24 06:33:28 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 10:46:45 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 06:33:28 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 12 16:14:40 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 16:14:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 21 03:28:50 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 03:28:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 20 19:06:55 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 19:06:55 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Tue Dec 30 19:09:31 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:09:33 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Tue Dec 16 07:48:52 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 07:48:52 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon May 19 14:52:21 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 14:52:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun May 18 15:05:17 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 15:05:17 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jan 14 21:40:31 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 14 21:40:31 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Dec 06 15:58:41 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 15:58:41 -0800 2007