{"product_id":"intercities-stefan-hertmans-9781861890931","title":"Intercities","description":"\"Forgetting is a strange power, because it makes memory possible. That is why all architecture from the past is something like the music of space, which surrounds us and sends us images that we have constantly to interpret.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIntercities\u003c\/i\u003e, Stefan Hertmans thinks about what constitutes identity in present-day Europe. Looking at people and cities from the periphery, he tries to discover an \"archaeology of streets and faces\" which could bring him closer to himself. Set in peripheral cities such as Trieste, Marseille, Dresden and Bratislava, and in major ones like Vienna and Amsterdam, \u003ci\u003eIntercities\u003c\/i\u003e is about the feeling of being abroad, of losing part of one's self in order to gain a richer life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMingling travel stories with philosophical reflections, Hertmans's poetic text proves the sixteenth-century observation that every journey is a \"voyage around your own chamber\". His book is a personal statement about living in Europe today which looks beyond the surface to the heart of contemporary urban existence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Hertmans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1861890931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781861890931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 6.13w x 0.74d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2001 pg. 100","brand":"Stefan Hertmans","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075102372095,"sku":"9781861890931","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4baa494b-74db-49ba-a39a-dc373379561e.jpg?v=1685457619","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intercities-stefan-hertmans-9781861890931","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}