{"product_id":"the-intelligible-metropolis-9783837626728","title":"The Intelligible Metropolis","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Nora Pleßke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritings on the metropolis generally foreground illimitability, stressing thereby that the urban ultimately remains both illegible and unintelligible. Instead, the purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to demonstrate that mentality as a tool offers orientation in the urban realm. Nora Pleßke develops a model of urban mentality to be employed for cities worldwide. Against the background of the Spatial Turn, she identifies dominant urban-specific structures of London mentality in contemporary London novels, such as Monica Ali's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrick Lane\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, J.G. Ballard's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMillennium People\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Nick Hornby's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Long Way Down\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and Ian McEwan's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSaturday\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Misc","offer_id":45268670283927,"sku":"9783837626728","price":5180.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783837626728.webp?v=1769236357","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-intelligible-metropolis-9783837626728","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}