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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 Shenzen, 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.

The City and the World

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      Publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions
      Published 5/22/2025
      ISBN-13 9781804271698
      978-1804271698
      ISBN-10 1804271691
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      Book Synopsis
      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 Shenzen, 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.

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