Sydney : a biography /

Sydney : a biography /

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Author / Creator:	Nowra, Louis, 1950-
Imprint:	Kensington, NSW : NewSouth, 2022. ©2022
Description:	502 pages : 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Architecture -- New South Wales -- Sydney. Architecture. Buildings. Manners and customs. Social conditions. Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social life and customs. Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Social conditions. Sydney (N.S.W.) -- History. Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Biography. Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. New South Wales -- Sydney. Biographies. History. Biographies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13298017

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ISBN:	9781742235929 1742235921 9781742238524 9781742239422
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and writer Louis Nowra author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo expands his gaze to explore the dynamism and pulsating sense of self importance of his adopted city. This big, bustling portrait of Sydney is told through profiles of people high and low a cast of criminals and premiers, ordinary folk, entertainers artists, writers, thieves and visionaries. Along with its people Nowra surveys the citys landscape, its architecture and its global identity. And as Sydneys history unfolds throughout the twentieth century and beyond Nowra revels in its neon lights music skyscrapers sense of optimism and the many disparate elements that shape Sydneysiders view of themselves.

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Summary:	'I came to Sydney from Melbourne in 1978 and immediately fell in love with its history, the sandstone buildings, the gorgeous harbour, the bridge, the Opera House, its ad hoc streets and its denizens.' In Sydney, acclaimed playwright and author Louis Nowra--author of Kings Cross and Woolloomooloo --expands his gaze to explore the energy, beauty, vulgarity, dynamism, and pulsating sense of self-importance of his adopted city. This big, bustling portrait of Sydney is told through profiles of people, high and low, with a cast of criminals and premiers, ordinary folk, entertainers, artists, thieves, and visionaries. Along with its people, Nowra surveys the city's architecture and its global identity. And as Sydney's history unfolds throughout the twentieth century and beyond, Nowra revels in its neon lighting, music, skyscrapers, and sense of optimism.
Physical Description:	502 pages : 24 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781742235929 1742235921 9781742238524 9781742239422