Paris has it too, late, when the cafes are closing up. In New York it can happen anytime ; early in the morning as the light climbs over the canyon streets and the avenues stretch so far into the distance that it seems the whole world is a city ; or now as the chimes of midnight hang in the rain and all the city's longings acquire the clarity and certainty of a sudden understanding. The day coming to an end and people unable to evade any longer the nagging sense of futility that has been growing stronger through the day, knowing that they will feel better when they wake up and it is daylight again but knowing also that each day leads to this sense of quiet isolation.
But Beautiful -
A Book About Jazz
Geoff Dyer
1991
image
Gianni Renati
Interesting take on things.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's an underrated book mixing fact and fiction. Bits of existentialism and Edward Hopper in their too.
ReplyDelete