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1booksmitten Första inlägget
mar 1, 2007, 11:07 pm

I've lived in LA for about 6 months now, and I always like to get to know a city through the fiction that has been written about it or from within it. Any suggestions on quintessential LA novels? Nonfiction?

3KromesTomes
mar 2, 2007, 11:12 am

I haven't actually read this yet, but one of my favorite writers, A.M. Homes, has a book of essays on L.A. called: Los Angeles: People, places and the castle on the hill ...

4sadiegrrrl
Redigerat: mar 8, 2007, 4:36 pm

booksmitten! have you read dangerous angels by francesca lia block? it's magical realism but i have always really liked it's vision of the city and especially of the canyons...i'll show you at work :D

5kawika
mar 9, 2007, 8:34 pm

Although not his best work, Clive Barker wrote a Hollywood dark fantasy tale, titled Coldheart Canyon.

I don't know if all the stores have done this, but the Borders on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica has made a local interest section for area guides and things of that nature. If you want just a listing of available restaurants, shops, and places to visit, I highly recommend the Not for Tourists Guide to Los Angeles.

6beejay
Redigerat: mar 20, 2007, 7:01 pm

My hands-down favorite in terms of seeing the real LA and how it functions is Holy Land, A Suburban Memoir by D.J. Waldie. It's the history of Lakewood, the prototypical LA suburb of the 1950's and how it has evolved. The obvious shots about suburbal sprawl built by rapacious developers are balanced by a kind of respect for the durability of the dream represented by the town, and the planning concepts employed there that have stood the test of time. It is written in a spare, almost literary style, unlike a textbook or in the boosterish tone so common to books about real estate. And the observations and lessons are easily applicable to any suburban neighborhood in the U.S. that has grown and evolved since WW2.

7gregorymose
jan 24, 2010, 3:27 pm

Oh, read John Fante. LA in the 30s. Ask the Dust was massacred as a movie, but his writing is mesmerizing and evocative. The John Fante Reader gives a good selection of bits from all his books.

9WordMaven
feb 14, 2010, 11:38 pm

Janet Fitch is an LA native, born and bred in the city. *White Oleander* is set in LA and *Paint it Black* is as well. She's definitely a "home girl," and reading her books will give you a feel for the city and its neighborhoods.

Also, there's *Los Angeles Noir* edited by Denise Jackson. Very good collection that is organized by neighborhood where the stories are set.