{"product_id":"the-shape-of-a-city","title":"The Shape of a City","description":"\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":"Turtle Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52346170605784,"sku":"9781885586391","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_2bf70e82-02c2-4a46-9dfa-851a54acc0b6.jpg?v=1788298105","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/the-shape-of-a-city","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}