City in Love - The New York Metamorphoses

WINNER OF THE 1996 FC2 NATIONAL FICTION COMPETITION

New York. 1 BC. A mythic metropolis. Dangerous, seductive, and strange.

A Queens schoolchild rises to become a powerful superhero. A scavenger fashions love from the city's castoffs. A weary detective keeps vigil as the city shifts. A serial prankster spells secrets across the skyline.

Through seven transformative tales, fate-struck characters undertake urgent journeys for belonging and survival in the city that tests, nurtures, and remakes them. Alex Shakar's debut collection metamorphoses the familiar into the marvelous—sharp, luminous, and wondrously alive.