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26 de jul. de 2016 · On this day in 1734, Samuel Jones, namesake of Great Jones Street in NoHo, was born in Nassau County. At only two blocks long, Great Jones Street isn’t actually all that ‘great’ – at least not in size. But surprisingly for a street so short, it has figured prominently in New York City history and culture.
Don DeLillo: Great Jones Street. Bucky Wunderlick – love that name – is a burnt out famous rock star, hiding out in a room in Great Jones Street, New York. He had walked away from his band’s tour. His manager, Globke – we first meet him with his arm down the toilet, apparently because he had dropped a dime in it – soon tracks him down.
22 de abr. de 1973 · There is great deal of this kind of writing in “Great Jones Street,” but it doesn't save the book from being more of a sour, admirably written lecture than a novel, a book that is always ...
Great Jones Street is a novel by Don DeLillo, published in 1973. It tells the story of Bucky Wunderlick, a rock star who retreats to a rundown apartment on Great Jones Street in New York City to escape the pressures of fame. The novel explores themes of identity, celebrity, and the power of media. In this article, we will summarize the literary ...
Summary: 'Great Jones Street' is a novel that taps into the world of rock'n'roll as both overheated myth and useless commodity or art chained to commerce and is so apposite that the big ideas only kick in afterwards, just like good 'rock'. Print Book, English, 2011. Edition: View all formats and editions. Publisher: Picador, London, 2011.
GREAT JONES STREET. This is the third one of Mr. DeLillo's one-of-a-kind novels in as many years — metamyths dealing with the unlovely face of America phrased this time (the last was a football player) around a rock-'n-roll artist "in endland" who retires to a "cold as a penny" room on Great Jones Street in lower Manhattan.
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