Spirits of San Francisco

Voyages through the Unknown City

Gary Kamiya (Author) , Paul Madonna (Illustrator)

Spirits of San Francisco

Voyages through the Unknown City

Gary Kamiya (Author) , Paul Madonna (Illustrator)

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A San Francisco Chronicle Bestseller

From two bestselling, prizewinning, and critically acclaimed contemporary chroniclers of San Francisco comes a rich, illustrated, idiosyncratic portrait of this great city.

Gary Kamiya's Cool Gray City of Love: 49 Views of San Francisco was a #1 bestseller and an award winner. Now he joins forces with celebrated, bestselling artist Paul Madonna to take a fresh look at this one-of-a-kind city. Marrying image and text in a way no book about this city has done before, Kamiya's captivating narratives accompany Madonna's masterful pen-and-ink drawings, breathing life into San Francisco sites both iconic and obscure.

Paul Madonna's atmospheric images will awe: be amazed by his astonishing wide-angle drawing for a jaw-dropping new perspective on the “crookedest street in the world.” And Kamiya's engaging prose, accompanying each image, offers fascinating vignettes of this incredible city: witness his story of “Dumpville,” the bizarre community that sprang up in the 19th century on top of a massive garbage dump.

Handsome and irresistible--much like the city it chronicles--Spirits of San Francisco is both a visual feast and a detailed, personal, loving, informed portrait of a beloved city.

Product details

Published	Oct 20 2020
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	224
ISBN	9781635575880
Imprint	Bloomsbury Publishing
Illustrations	B+W illustrations throughout
Dimensions	235 x 156 mm
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Gary Kamiya

Gary Kamiya is the author of the #1 San Francisco…

Illustrator

Paul Madonna

Paul Madonna is an award-winning artist and author…

If the present day is in fact one of Dante's circles of hell, and we're experiencing it in San Francisco, I can hardly think of better Virgils than Kamiya and Madonna to guide us.

San Francisco Chronicle
Fascinating ... S.F. newcomers will learn something new on every page.

SFGATE
Eloquent... [appealing] to those who may have left their hearts in San Fran, as well as armchair (and aspiring) travelers eager to learn more.

Publishers Weekly
This captivating book offers deep dives into the history, quirky characters, and unique topography of 16 distinctive locations throughout the City.

7x7
Kamiya delves with affection and an informed eye into the pasts of 16 spots in the city where he has spent a lifetime. Evocative, detailed drawings by Paul Madonna, which are as likely to include a chain link fence and the view of an overpass as more romantic subject matter, set the scene for the places as they exist in the present . . . Armchair tourists as well as those climbing up and down the city's many hills should relish the book's rich insights.

Booklist
An easy-to-browse book of things to look for when you're looking for somewhere different to visit.

Bookworm Sez