Synopsis
Jonathan Raban's Soft City is a compelling exploration of urban life: a classic in the literature of the city. First published in the 1970s, it is now more relevant to today’s overcrowded planet than ever.
With an introduction by Iain Sinclair.
In the city we can live deliberately: inventing and renewing ourselves, carving out journeys, creating private spaces. But in the city...
Details
19 January 2017320 pages
9781509823413Imprint: Picador
Reviews
'A psychological handbook for urban survival'Sunday Telegraph
'A brilliant hymn to urban disorientation and weirdness . . . Reading it on buses I felt I was looking into my fellow passengers' minds, which was creepy, and that I was offering them the means to loook into mine, which was terrifying'Peter Robins
'A marvelous picture . . . Soft City shows how, in the midst of physical decay, a city can flourish by fulfilling an elemental need, the need to play out fantasies of self'New York Times
'A tour de force'Spectator
