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by Alan Emmins (Author) "Manhattan is saturated with news of the forthcoming Republican Convention, to be held at Madison Square Garden in August ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 279 pages
  • Publisher: Corvo Books (23 Aug 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0954325575
  • ISBN-13: 978-0954325572
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 331,214 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Alan Emmins sleeps on the streets of New York for 31 days. When writing a feature about murals painted under the pavements of Manhattan by homeless artists, Alan Emmins was challenged by a homeless dancer to try homelessness himself to understand what he was writing about. He took up the challenge. His diary about the people he met reveals an invisible world, full of surprises.

About the Author
Alan Emmins is a freelance journalist who was born in England in 1974. After living in New York he relocated to Copenhagen, Denmark. Alan’s texts and images have sold worldwide and cover a wide range of topics, from point of interest features to investigative journalism. His texts have been translated into many languages including Japanese, German, French, Spanish and Danish. Accompanied by his images his stories have appeared in GQ, The New York Post, Stern, Playboy, The New York Daily News, Politiken, Berlingske Tidene and others. Alan is currently working as the managing editor of the fiction magazine and website Spoiled Ink, but still continues to travel and write features for worldwide publication.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I will be recommending this book for a long time., 27 Sep 2006
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I loved this book. 31 Days takes you deep into a world that you can otherwise only speculate about. Homelessness is one of those subjects that everybody has an opinion about, often, like myself, a wrong opinion. 31 Days allows you to see how it really is living on the streets. The subtle portraits of homeless life are dark in places, but the author handles the subject very well and seems to lighten the book up when needed by sharing a few of his own humorous experiences and showing his own naiveté and misconceptions without taking any thing away from the subject matter. In fact that is one of the best things about the book, the author doesn't tell you anything about homelessness, you experience it as he does, and he does have some incredible experiences with some incredible characters. I will be recommending this book for a long time.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A realistic take on homelessness and NYC, 29 Sep 2006
I really enjoyed 31 Days. It captures a realistic side to NYC than
you see when rushing about in the city. It humanizes an issue
that most people either don't want to think about or have
misconceptions of and it does it without parading other peoples
misery. At times the book was very funny, at others sad, but never
dull. I recommend this book to everybody who lives in New York, or
just loves New York, or who just wants a great book to read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A lesson for us all, 28 Sep 2006
Having read Emmins first offering (Mop Men) which I thoroughly enjoyed I was curious as to what slant he would add to a subject we all like to ignore. Homelessness is a massive issue for us all irrespective of where we live. Mr Emmins has been very brave in a number of ways. Not only does he become "one of them" by living rough but he writes in such a manner that he has made me look at street dwellers in a different light, even to the point of fascination. Who in their right mind would want to spend a month on the streets of one of the worlds toughest city's. But by doing so Emmins has really captured what it feels like, the people themselves and the perception of others. Alan Emmins is a truly talented author who manages to capture the lives of what we perceive to be poor souls but who are in fact great characters with a real story to tell. Congratulations Mr Emmins you surpassed your first book with great gusto and I'm looking forward to many more books from this writer.
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31 Days is a moving, yet unsentimental, tale of survival. Documenting his month on the streets of a city blinded to its homeless, author Alan Emmins writes an intelligent, honest... Read more
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