Svängen

by Alix Kates Shulman

A strong, moving novel about the street people of New York: Rbin, a runaway teenager, just off a bus from Maine, encounters a pimp and a bag lady and a world outside society.

"Området kring bussterminalen på Mellersta Manhattan går under många namn: Svängen för de prostituerade, Striten för hallickarna, Fyrtiklippet för spelhajarna och Helvetets Kök för de fattiga och hemlösa. För teaterälskarna är det Broadway och för turisterna Times Square.Världens vägkorsning kallas det i rundtursguiderna, och där korsas vägarna för tre människor som kommer från tre olika världar: påsgumman Ugglan, hallicken Prince och Robin, en ung flicka på rymmen.'Svängen' är en dramatisk och färgstark roman om tre människor som kämpar för att klara sig i Manhattans undre värld. Det är tre människor med olika bakgrund och olika livsinställning - men gemensamt har de sin frihetslängtan och sin vilja att klara sig, trots allt."

Genres: Fiction

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Alix attended public schools and planned to be a lawyer like her dad. But in college at Case Western Reserve University she was smitten by philosophy and upon graduation moved to New York City to study philosophy at Columbia grad school. After some years as an encyclopedia editor, she enrolled at New York University, where she took a degree in mathematics, and later, while raising two children, an MA in Humanities.

She became a civil rights activist in 1961 and a feminist activist in 1967, published her first book in 1970, and taught her first class in 1973--all lifelong pursuits that have found their way into her books.

Having explored in her novels the challenges of youth and midlife, in her memoirs she has probed the later stages in the ongoing drama of her generation of women, taking on the terrors and rewards of solitude, of her parents' final years, and of her late-life calling as caregiver to her beloved husband, with whom she lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Paula · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book many years ago, but had forgotten the title. I just now came across it, and just wanted to say here what a wonderful book it is. It forces you to see things around you in a whole new way. It truly enables you to step into someone else's shoes--at least for a short time. Maybe the empathy we gain will force us to change the world; even if only in small ways.

[Sanna ☆ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Om en flicka som rymt hemifrån och en äldre kvinna som förlorat sin familj och vilka rör sig på samma platser i New York.

[Bea De · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it.Finished it in a day.less even..Loved Button.She has daring and courage.Great story.Still ;the pimp is painted somewhat overly rosy.

[Serafina · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredible book!! Never boring, loved how the storylines were brought together, and rlly bittersweet toward the end with how Owl and Robin bonded

[Lama Alterri · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dåligt slut

[Clifford Wollum · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fast moving novel of 3 main characters.