{"product_id":"horizontal-vertigo-a-city-called-mexico-paperback","title":"Horizontal Vertigo: A City Called Mexico - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJuan Villoro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlfred MacAdam\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once intimate and wide-ranging, and as enthralling, surprising, and vivid as the place itself, this is a uniquely eye-opening tour of one of the great metropolises of the world, and its largest Spanish-speaking city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eHorizontal Vertigo: \u003c\/i\u003eThe title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes that led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flaneur, Juan Villoro wanders through Mexico City seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things while brilliantly drawing connections among them. In so doing he reveals, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of the city 's cultural, political, and social history: from indigenous antiquity to the Aztec period, from the Spanish conquest to Mexico City today--one of the world's leading cultural and financial centers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this deeply iconoclastic book, Villoro organizes his text around a recurring series of topics: \"Living in the City,\" \"City Characters,\" \"Shocks,\" \"Crossings,\" and \"Ceremonies.\" What he achieves, miraculously, is a stunning, intriguingly coherent meditation on Mexico City's genius loci, its spirit of place.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJUAN VILLORO\u003c\/b\u003e is Mexico's preeminent novelist. Born in Mexico City in 1956, he is the author of half a dozen prize-winning novels and is also a journalist. In 2004, he received the Herralde Prizefor his novel \u003ci\u003eEl testigo (The Witness).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763618316576,"sku":"9780593687796","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/260c69332eae8ff909c005c1d7fbee1d.webp?v=1780237089","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/horizontal-vertigo-a-city-called-mexico-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}