Horizontal vertigo : a city called Mexico / Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac...
Horizontal vertigo : a city called Mexico / Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac...
Horizontal vertigo : a city called Mexico / Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam.
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]
Uniform title
Call Numbers
G 2020/5256
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Spanish
(Language of original)Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 346 pages ; 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Entry into the labyrinth : chaos is not something you improvise -- Living in the city : "if you see Juan ..." -- City characters : el chilango -- Shocks : how many of us are there? -- Crossings : memory atlas -- Living in the city : the child heroes -- Ceremonies : the shout (el grito) -- La indepen...
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Pantheon Books, [2021]
Edition
First American edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2021]
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
"Horizontal Vertigo: the title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things, while brilliantly drawing connections amon...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Horizontal vertigo : a city called Mexico / Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
"Originally published in Mexico as El vértigo horizontal by Almadía Ediciones S.A.P.I. de C.V., Mexico City, in 2018."
Language note
Translated from the Spanish.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2021
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
G 2020/5256
Record Identifier
74VKaJ0NP6kA
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaJ0NP6kA
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1524748889
9781524748883
DDC
972.53
MMS ID
991024373512802626
