The Shape of a City(French:La Forme d'une ville) is a 1985 book by the French writerJulien Gracq.It is a portrait ofNantes,the city where Gracq grew up, in the form of memories, anecdotes, reflections and dreamlike descriptions.[1]The title comes from a quotation byCharles Baudelaire:"The shape of a city, as we all know, changes more quickly than the mortal heart". An English translation by Ingeborg M. Kohn was published in 2005.[2]
 First edition | |
| Author | Julien Gracq |
|---|---|
| Original title | La Forme d'une ville |
| Translator | Ingeborg M. Kohn |
| Publisher | José Corti |
Publication date | 1985 |
Published in English | 2005 |
| Pages | 213 |
| ISBN | 9782714301062 |
Reception
editIn 2007, Thomas McGonigle described the book forLos Angeles Timesas "a model for how to write about one’s home place[.]... It should be required reading for anyone setting out to describe their home place."[3]
References
edit- ^Mongin, Olivier (2003). "Julien Gracq et la Forme d'une ville".De la ville et du citadin(in French). Marseille: Éditions Parenthèses. pp. 41–43.ISBN2-86364-141-7.
- ^The shape of a city.OCLC63674953.Retrieved2015-04-08– viaWorldCat.
- ^McGonigle, Thomas (2007-12-31)."The passing of Julien Gracq".Los Angeles Times.Retrieved2015-04-25.
External links
edit- The Shape of a Cityat the American publisher's website
- The Shape of a Cityat the French publisher's website(in French)
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