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Slow Days, Fast Company

The World, The Flesh, and L.A. (New York Review Books Classics)

Eve Babitz

"Slow Days, Fast Company" takes us on a vivid journey through a bygone Southern California. With ten sketches, the author paints a picture of Los Angeles filled with movie stars, socialites, and memorable characters. These sun-baked tales are a love letter to an era and a place unlike any other, creating an atmosphere that is captivating and irresistible. Experience the stories of those who burned brightest in a city on the brink of change.
Publish Date
1977-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
1977-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
4.11
ISBN
9781681370088
Categories
Recommendations
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Recommendations
2019-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
At some level I'll spend my whole life wishing that I'd ever really lived, if just for a little while, the way Babitz did in Los Angeles in the 1960s and '70s. No one writes about pleasure, recklessness, and evanescence better. This book is like a night with perfect velocity; a lavender sunrise; a pharmacological whisper that you can do this forever and never die.      source