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City of the Mind
Reader Score
73%
73% of readers
recommend this book
Penelope Lively is one of England's greatest living writers. In City of the Mind, Matthew Halland is an architect intimately involved with the new face of London, while haunted by the destruction and loss in its history. Matthew has a rich and moving relationship with his daughter Jane, and becomes entangled with an array of fascinating characters, from Rutter, a corrupt real estate developer whose Mafia-like ways disgust him, to Sarah, a romantic ray of hope who enters his life. In Lively's most ambitious novel, she has created a wonderfully rich and audacious confrontation with the mystery of London.
Book Details
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Publish Date: Dec 5th, 2003
- Pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.18in - 5.54in - 0.60in - 0.65lb
- EAN: 9780802140203
- Categories: • Literary• City Life• Family Life - General
Praise for this book
"Lively is a magical writer, and her sensuous prose tempers the metaphysical abstractions... Her uncanny empathy and ability to evoke emotion make the reader feel more like a participant than like an observer."