To Walk Alone in the Crowd

Name: To Walk Alone in the Crowd
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781788161954
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By Antonio Munoz Molina

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In To Walk Alone in the Crowd by Antonio Muñoz Molina, readers journey through the streets of New York alongside a contemplative narrator. The story delves into the sensations, observations, and musings that arise from urban life, exploring themes of solitude, interconnectedness, and the inner reflections of the protagonist as he navigates the metropolis. This rich tapestry of experiences and insights invites the reader to ponder the profound in the mundane.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate stories that capture the intricate tapestry of city life through a reflective, wandering narrative. It's perfect for readers who love immersive prose that delves into the psyches of everyday people journeying through the urban landscape, examining both personal solitude and connectedness within a bustling environment.

To Walk Alone in the Crowd

The sheer energy of the digital metropolis - superb fiction from a Spanish master at the peak of his powers.

The sheer energy of the digital metropolis - superb fiction from a Spanish master at the peak of his powers.

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Winner of the 2020 Prix Médicis étranger

I want to live on foot, by hand, by pencil, at ease, responsive to whatever I meet, loose like the air that moves around my body as I walk or like a graceful swimming stroke. I want to remain astonished.

Join Antonio Muñoz Molina for a walk through Madrid, Paris, London, and New York, where the past and the present live side by side in the literature of newspaper headlines, billboards, casual glances, and overheard conversation. This is the digital metropolis, captured in notebooks, recorded on the iPhone, where Edgar Allan Poe, Herman Melville, Charles Baudelaire, Thomas de Quincey, Fernando Pessoa and Walter Benjamin step beside us, all of us writing the unfinished poem of the crowded city.

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Reviews of To Walk Alone in the Crowd highlight the novel's captivating exploration of the modern city, drawing comparisons to literary giants like Baudelaire and Poe. Celebrated for its originality and moving narrative, the book has been praised for its brilliance, emotional intensity, and intellectual depth, even being described as Tolstoyan in scale. The storytelling is considered both erudite and spellbinding by critics.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788161954

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 May 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Tuskar Rock

Edition: Main

Contributors:

Edited by Peter Straus
Translated by Guillermo Bleichmar
Edited by Peter Straus

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 331g

Pages: 432

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Antonio Munoz Molina Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

Antonio Munoz Molina is the author of more than a dozen novels, including To Walk Alone in the Crowd (Winner of the 2020 Prix Medicis Etranger), Like a Falling Shadow (shortlisted for the Booker International Prize 2018), In the Night of Time, Sepharad and A Manuscript of Ashes. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the Jerusalem Prize, Spain's National Narrative Prize, the Planeta Prize and the Principe de Asturias Prize. He lives in Madrid and Lisbon.