The City and the World

Name: The City and the World
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781804271698
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By Gregor Hens

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In The City and the World, Gregor Hens considers the phenomenon of the contemporary city and our place within it. Hens travels the world—from Berlin to Las Vegas to Shenzhen, from Cologne to Santiago de Chile to Paris—reading, walking, and swimming, asking how we perceive the... Read More

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The City and the World

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The City and the World

In The City and the World Gregor Hens threads memoir with travelogue, philosophy, photography and references from a wide variety of writers and thinkers to consider the phenomenon of the contemporary city and our place within it.

Description

In The City and the World, Gregor Hens considers the phenomenon of the contemporary city and our place within it. Hens travels the world—from Berlin to Las Vegas to Shenzhen, from Cologne to Santiago de Chile to Paris—reading, walking, and swimming, asking how we perceive the city and how it may perceive us.

Threading memoir and personal reflections with travelogue, philosophy, photography, and references from a wide variety of writers and thinkers, The City and the World is a captivating, illuminating, and expansive journey into the heart of the modern city.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804271698

Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Fitzcarraldo Editions

Contributors:

Translated by Jen Calleja

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 125.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 312

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About the Author

Gregor Hens, born in 1965, is a German writer and translator. He has notably translated Will Self, Jonathan Lethem and George Packer into German. The City and the World is his second book to be published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.

Jen Calleja is a writer, translator, curator and musician. She has translated prose and poetry for Bloomsbury, PEN International, the Austrian Cultural Forum London and the Goethe-Institut.