{"product_id":"lake-effect-days-9781946053152","title":"Lake Effect Days","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"It all began in Buffalo between World War II and the Korean Conflict, as it was called, when the guys would meet up late at night in a diner for their brand of fellowship. They were mostly high school graduates in their late teens and early twenties, the sons of immigrant families. It didn't matter; there was little trace of that showing. They didn't look or act alike, but they had a sense of who they were, sort of proud for some reason, without much to show for it.\"\u003c\/i\u003e --from the Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the group was Arnie. He might have been selling real estate for the time being, but he always had his eye on the next thing--Christmas tree farming, perhaps, or uranium mining. Then there were Moe, who had a gas station and garage, and Barney, who drove a truck for Pop's Pies. Observing it all was an art student working odd jobs to afford his paints and brushes--Phil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 110 vignettes about Arnie and the guys, Philip Sultz presents a fictionalized portrait of the working-class Buffalo of his youth. He also vividly sketches the downtown Manhattan of those days, where his protagonists are drawn to study and to work. These stories--by turns funny and poignant, perfectly told and full of telling details--evoke not only the life of two cities, but the atmosphere of postwar America. Even in shadow of McCarthyism and the atom bomb, it was a time emblematic of possibility and change. \u003ci\u003eLake Effect Days\u003c\/i\u003e is illustrated with color reproductions of Sultz's critically acclaimed collages, which echo the text in their formal perfection and add new layers of allusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Abbeville Laboratory Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781946053152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"Philip Sultz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470119162037,"sku":"9781946053152","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fe95517e-a38f-4f26-9f7a-d909b2bcd3bb.jpg?v=1612923709","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lake-effect-days-9781946053152","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}