enEnglish ar Arabic zh Chinese cs Czech fr French ru Russian es Spanish Politics 0 New York, the Dada Capital Aug 31, 2005 Norman Manea I am looking down on Central Park and recall from half-a-century ago in a small town in Northern Romania a tall, white-haired man proclaiming his poem, “The Colors Red and Black.” Gazing over the park, I remember those Stalinist era verses: In New York, everything is beautiful. Heroes come, heroes go. https://prosyn.org/xunHVuX
I am looking down on Central Park and recall from half-a-century ago in a small town in Northern Romania a tall, white-haired man proclaiming his poem, “The Colors Red and Black.” Gazing over the park, I remember those Stalinist era verses:
In New York, everything is beautiful.
Heroes come, heroes go.