Horizontal Vertigo : A City Called Mexico

At 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. Horizontal Vertigo: The 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. 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.Author: Villoro, Juan,author,MacAdam, Alfred,author Contributors: Villoro, Juan,author,MacAdam, Alfred,author Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: Release Date: Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis Edition: Reprint Published/Release Date: 11 Jun 2024 Format: Paperback / softback Publisher/Studio/Brand: Random House USA Inc Author/Director/Artist: Juan Villoro Dimension (cm): 203x132x19 mm Package Dimension (cm): 21x203x131 mm Item Weight (g): 272 Package Weight (g): 260