City of the Mind

By Penelope Lively

Book Overview

Matthew Halland is an architect, intimately involved with the new face of the city, while haunted by earlier times of destruction and loss in its history. Although he is divorced and lonely, Matthew... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802140203
• ISBN13: 9780802140203
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

City of the Mind

This is the finest book I have read this year. It is an urbanphile's dream and is for those who have lived and absorbed the wonders of cities past and present. One floats through time and space and although this book is set in London it takes little imagination to site it in Paris, Philadelphia, or Prague. I found it superior to her Booker prize winning novels. What a joy.