The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

The city is Beszel, a rundown metropolis on the eastern edge of Europe. The other city is Ul Qoma, a modern Eastern European boomtown, despite being a bit of an international pariah. What the two cities share, and what they don't, is the deliciously evocative conundrum at the heart of China Mieville's The City & The City. Mieville is well known as a modern fantasist (and urbani...(展开全部)

New York Times bestselling author China Miéville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other-real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points ...(展开全部)

New York Times bestselling author China Miéville delivers his most accomplished novel yet, an existential thriller set in a city unlike any other-real or imagined. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlu of the Extreme Crime Squad. But as he investigates, the evidence points ...(展开全部)

© geoff manaugh, from the essay "transparent city." When Michael Wolf and I first sat down to discuss the images contained in this book, Wolf pointed out one shot in particular. Like the photographer in Michelangelo Antonioni’s classic film Blow Up, Wolf had found himself working late in the studio one night, going over a batch of recent photos from Chicago. The photos were of ...(展开全部)

马克斯・韦伯，德国学者，与马克思、涂尔干齐名，并列为现代社会学的奠基者。历任柏林、费莱堡及海德堡等大学教授。一生著述甚多，以《宗教社会学论文集》及《经济与社会》等最重要，以《新教伦理与资本主义精神》等最为国内读者所知晓。

马克斯・韦伯，德国学者，与马克思、涂尔干齐名，并列为现代社会学的奠基者。历任柏林、费莱堡及海德堡等大学教授。一生著述甚多，以《宗教社会学论文集》及《经济与社会》等最重要，以《新教伦理与资本主义精神》等最为国内读者所知晓。

Woodcuts depict the tragedies, loneliness, and pleasures of city life during the period between the two world wars

遇到崔龙易之前，于耐是一只“过街老鼠”。爸爸留下另外一个儿子赶出了他。在学校，所有人当他是叛徒。别人看来他是一个为了钱什么都干的小混混，他却只想挣钱给老妈买一块最好的墓地。崔龙易怎么也想不到，自己会爱上这样一个“癞皮狗”，即使当老大的大哥崔龙威警告他要安分守己的完成学业，他还是不顾一切的救出了在学校群殴中几乎丧命的于耐。他能看到于耐的特别，他能读懂于耐的寂寞，他知道于耐渴望有人好好爱他，他坚信自己可以给于耐幸福。可是一切事与愿违，于耐错手杀人，崔龙易带着无奈为保护于耐远走国外…… 几年后，崔龙易留学归国成为了一家小公司的老板，他再次遇到于耐，此时的于耐让他大大失望，但他却无法完全放手，于耐做了MB，被SM嗜好的房地产大亨霍西佟包养。面对这样的于耐，崔龙易会怎么做？崔龙威会再次成为他们之间的障碍吗？爱上于耐的霍西佟会放于耐离开吗？于耐能坚守住他和崔龙易...(展开全部)

What does the city's form actually mean to the people who live there? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and memorable to the city dweller? To answer these questions, Mr. Lynch, supported by studies of Los Angeles, Boston, and Jersey City, formulates a new criterion--imageability--and shows its potential value as a guide for the building and rebuil...(展开全部)