我们的生命中有多少座城市,它们又代表着什么?这本书是一场穿越时空的旅程:从布鲁塞尔废墟上的天使到巴蒂帕利亚的电太阳,从华盛顿的控制室到意大利荒芜之母维奥,从伏尔加格勒的焦土到雅典失落的智慧。
这本旅游小说带着读者探索300座不同的城市—有些我们熟悉,有些我们梦想过、有些我们根本不知道它存在。作者将生动的画面与引人入胜的故事融为一体,透过一层层的都市景观揭开我们时代的灵魂。他收集了世界各地的三百个城市:已知的、梦想的、发明的,所有这些都以简短的肖像进行描述和唤起,这些肖像极其简洁、充满深情的情感,读者可以在一场能够促进和倍增内部联系的思考游戏中认识到自己的喜好和特质。
读者将重新发现他们以为熟悉的城市,并发现大量隐藏宝藏。每一段对城市的描述都是一部微型小说。每一部分都用斜体字开头,讲述一个城市指南的故事:哈尔科夫,在最近的俄乌冲突中遭到破坏,处在二战的阴影之下;威尼斯,以美丽的痛苦为标志;罗马,世界之首。
你可能会迷失在巴比伦美索不达米亚的尘土中,迷失在 Catch-citrulli 无冠鸡群中,迷失在尤马鳗鱼的踪迹中,迷失在富尔戈尔罗斯伯格的海角中。序幕在纽约,一座现代城市矩阵伤痕累累又重建的城市,一座不断堕落的象征性城市;尾声在耶路撒冷,它辉煌而戏剧性的历史概括了世界上所有未解的纠葛。《世界城市》是一本从第一行开始就让人着迷的书,一个让人乐于迷失其中的神奇迷宫。
关于作者:
Eraldo Affinati was born in 1956 in Rome, where he lives and works. Alongside his teaching and literary production, he is also an intense speaker and trainer. In 2008, together with his wife, Anna Luce Lenzi, he founded the Penny Wirton School for teaching Italian to migrants. On January 27, 2021, he held the inaugural lecture on the Shoah at the Quirinale Palace. Among his numerous books: Campo del sangue , Campiello selection prize and finalist for the Strega prize, Uomini pericolo , La città dei ragazzi , L'uomo del futuro. Sulle strade di don Lorenzo Milani , Il vangelo degli angeli. He has won numerous prizes with his novels, including the Volponi prize, the Pavese prize and the Flaiano prize. Le città del mondo is his latest book.