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Land's End by Michael Cunningham

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Land's End

A Walk in Provincetown

Michael Cunningham

Picador · Print & ebook · May 22, 2012

Reading lane: New England Travel

"Cunningham's short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . .

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

A Town in Layers

A graceful walk through Provincetown, attentive to its contrasts, character, and changing seasons.

Come here for

  • Luminous descriptions of a place with many sides
  • A mix of affection, wit, and elegy

Expect

  • A rambling, reflective sense of place
  • Attention to Provincetown’s theatricality and fragility

Book Details

Authors
Michael Cunningham
Publisher
Picador
Published
May 22, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
New England Travel · New England History
Reading lane
New England Travel

Affinity

Publisher Categories

  • Personal Memoirs

  • Travel Writing

  • New England Travel

About This Book

"Cunningham's short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . . A magnificent work of art." - The Washington Post "Easily read on a plane-and-ferry journey from here to the sandy, tide-washed tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Land's End is that most perfect of companions: slender, eloquent, enriching, and fun. . . . A casually lovely ode to Provincetown." - The Minneapolis Star Tribune "Cunningham rambles through Provincetown, gracefully exploring the unusual geography,...

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"Cunningham's short book is a haunting, beautiful piece of work. . . . A magnificent work of art." - The Washington Post "Easily read on a plane-and-ferry journey from here to the sandy, tide-washed tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Land's End is that most perfect of companions: slender, eloquent, enriching, and fun. . . . A casually lovely ode to Provincetown." - The Minneapolis Star Tribune "Cunningham rambles through Provincetown, gracefully exploring the unusual geography, contrasting seasons, long history, and rich stew of gay and straight, Yankee and Portuguese, old-timer and 'washashore' that flavors Cape Cod's outermost town. . . . Chock-full of luminous descriptions . . . . He's hip to its studied theatricality, ever-encroaching gentrification and physical fragility, and he can joke about its foibles and mourn its losses with equal aplomb." - Chicago Tribune "A homage to the 'city of sand'. . . Filled with finely crafted sentences and poetic images that capture with equal clarity the mundanities of the A&P and Provincetown's magical shadows and light . . . Highly evocative and honest. It takes you there." - The Boston Globe

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