The 40s The Story of a Decade Author:The New Yorker Magazine A rich and surprising cultural portrait of the watershed decade of the twentieth century, as seen through the eyes of The New Yorker. Featuring reported pieces, profiles, war journalism, fiction, criticism, and poetry by the likes of George Orwell, Shirley Jackson, Vladimir Nabokov, John Hersey, E. B. White, John Cheever, and Elizabeth Bishop, T... more »he Forties also includes new contributions from members of today?s New Yorker staff, including Zadie Smith, Susan Orlean, Alex Ross, Jill Lepore, and George Packer.« less