{"product_id":"the-city-and-the-world-9781804271698","title":"The City and the World","description":"\u003cb\u003eThreading memoir and personal reflections with travelogue, philosophy, photography and references from a wide variety of writers and thinkers, \u003ci\u003eThe City and the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating, illuminating and expansive journey into the heart of the modern city.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe City and the World\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGregor Hens, born in 1965, is a German writer and translator. He has notably translated Will Self, Jonathan Lethem and George Packer into German. \u003ci\u003eThe City and the World\u003c\/i\u003e is his second book to be published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fitzcarraldo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807235473682,"sku":"9781804271698","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b90aed08-53d6-423b-b3b0-d5a49bb87314.jpg?v=1766047043","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-city-and-the-world-9781804271698","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}