Description
| Product ID: | 9781509823413 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Picador Classic |
| Title: | Soft City |
| Subtitle: | Picador Classic |
| Authors: | Author: Jonathan Raban |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Urban communities, Urban communities, Travel writing, Travel writing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating One of the classics of travel writing, Soft City is an exploration of the individual's relationship with urban living. <p><b>Jonathan Raban's<i> Soft City</i> is a compelling exploration of urban life: a classic in the literature of the city. First published in the 1970s, it is now more relevant to today’s overcrowded planet than ever.</b><br><br><b>With an introduction by Iain Sinclair.</b><br><br>In the city we can live deliberately: inventing and renewing ourselves, carving out journeys, creating private spaces. But in the city we are also afraid of being alone, clinging to the structures of daily life to ward off the chaos around us.<br><br>How is it that the noisy, jostling, overwhelming metropolis leaves us at once so energized and so fragile? In <i>Soft City</i>, Jonathan Raban, one of our most acclaimed novelists and travel writers seeks to find out.<br><br><b>'A psychological handbook for urban survival' – <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Picador |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-01-19 |
