City by Alessandro Baricco
"City: A Novel" unfolds as a multi-layered narrative that weaves together the lives of various characters, including a precocious child prodigy, a boxer, and a soldier, all residing in an unnamed, dreamlike metropolis. The novel explores themes of isolation, the search for meaning, and the intersection of reality and imagination. Through a series of interconnected stories and a blend of genres, the book creates a tapestry of human experience, reflecting on the nature of cities as spaces where diverse lives converge and the extraordinary can emerge from the mundane.
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- Published
- 1999
- Nationality
- Italian
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 530
- Original Language
- Italian
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