Tales of the City (Paperback)

Tales of the City Book Description

This internationally beloved modern classic, first published in 1978, will be reissued with a tie-in cover to coincide with the groundbreaking three-part PBS miniseries scheduled to air January 10, 11, and 12, 1994--a joint presentation of the prestigious American Playhouse and KQED San Francisco.
For more than three decades Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" has blazed its own trail through popular culture--from a groundbreaking newspaper serial to a classic novel, to a television event that entranced millions around the world. The first of six novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed forever the way we live.

About the Author :

Armistead Maupin has contributed to Tales of the City as an author. Armistead Maupin is the author of the bestselling Tales of the City series, of which "Mary Ann in Autumn" is the eighth book and which includes "Tales of the City", "More Tales of the City", "Further Tales of the City", "Babycakes", "Significant Others", "Sure of You", and "Michael Tolliver Lives". Three television miniseries starring Olympia Dukakis and Laura Linney were made from the first three Tales novels. Maupin is also the author of "Maybe the Moon" and "The Night Listener", the latter of which became a feature film starring Robin Williams and Toni Collette. A stage musical version of

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