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Citiscape
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781965835197
Publisher: Beverly Schloendorf
Published: Jul 1 2025
Pages: 176
Weight: 1.54
Height: 0.44 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
IN CITISCAPE, THE PAVEMENT BREATHES, THE SKYLINE WATCHES, AND THE MARGINS OF THE CITY PULSE WITH INVISIBLE POWER. AT ONCE STARKLY REALISTIC AND CINEMATICALLY NOIR, THIS GRIPPING TALE PLUNGES READERS INTO THE FRAGMENTED WORLD OF URBAN SURVIVAL, WHERE EACH CHARACTER IS CHASING SOMETHING-REDEMPTION, RELEVANCE, OR JUST THE NEXT BREATH.
TOLD THROUGH INTERWOVEN VIGNETTES AND RICH, UNFLINCHING PROSE, THE NOVEL MAPS A CITYSCAPE THAT'S BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL. A DISILLUSIONED EX-COP WANDERS THE ALLEYS OF JUSTICE, HAUNTED BY SYSTEMS HE ONCE UPHELD. A GRAFFITI ARTIST DARES TO REWRITE PUBLIC MEMORY IN PAINT AND SHADOW. A MIGRANT COURIER ZIGZAGS THROUGH BUREAUCRATIC TRAPS AND TECHNO-SURVEILLANCE, CLOCKING MILES WITH QUIET RESILIENCE. THEIR LIVES, STORIES, AND GHOSTS INTERSECT IN A METROPOLIS THAT MIRRORS THEM-BEAUTIFUL, BROKEN, INDIFFERENT.
CITISCAPE IS NOT A PLACE. IT'S AN IDEA. A CONFESSION. A QUESTION HANGING IN THE SMOG; WHO OWNS THE CITY-AND WHO MERELY SURVIVES IT?
WITH ITS JAGGED LYRICISM AND RAW NARRATIVE MUSCLE, CITISCAPE DOES MORE THAN TELL A STORY. IT ASKS READERS TO LOOK UP, LOOK AROUND, AND LISTEN TO THE SILENCE BETWEEN SIRENS.
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