City in Love: The New York Metamorphoses

By Alex Shakar

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157366233X
• ISBN13: 9781573662338
• Release Date: November 2026
• Publisher: Fiction Collective 2
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.