{"product_id":"9781885586391","title":"The Shape of a City","description":"Author: Julien Gracq\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781885586391\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Turtle Point Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Feb 2006\u003cbr\u003ePages: 216 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulien Gracq, the most important writer in France, is also the only living writer whose complete works appear in a volume of the prestigious \u003ci\u003ePleiades\u003c\/i\u003e editions. The most original of his later works is this book about Nantes, which is Gracq's personal and profound response to Proust's synthesis of memory, reverie, and realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work begins with a quote from Baudelaire: \"The shape of a city, as we all know, changes more quickly than the mortal heart.\" The author writes of a child's experience of the hierarchy of urban spaces: the radial avenues walked during school recreation periods, the districts between the axes, and the relationship to Nantes of those who lived there, including Breton and Rimbaud.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47925000011934,"sku":"ING-9781885586391","price":21.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781885586391.jpg?v=1782957200","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781885586391","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}