City

City

by Alessandro Baricco (Author), Ann Goldstein (Translator)

Synopsis

'CITY is an important title for me, because it expresses what this book has always been in my head. A city. No particular city. An impression of a city rather. Its skeleton. I thought of the stories I had in mind as if they were neighbourhoods. And I imagined characters as if they were streets...The characters - the streets - are many. There is a barber who on Thursdays cuts hair for no charge, there is a giant, and a mute. There is a boy called Gould, and a girl called Shatzy Shell. There are professors, people who play football, a black kid who plays basketball and never fails to score, and there's also a general.' Alessandro Baricco

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Published: 27 Sep 2001

ISBN 10: 024114101X
ISBN 13: 9780241141014

Author Bio
Alessandro Baricco was born in Turin in 1958 where he still lives today. He is the author of the highly-acclaimed and internationally prize-winning novels, SILK and OCEAN SEA.