| Soft City | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Jonathan Raban |
| Publisher | The Harvill Press |
| Publication date | 1974 |
| ISBN | 0-525-20661-2 |
| OCLC Number | 1055380 |
| Dewey Decimal | 301.36 |
| LC Classification | HT133 .R3 1974a |
Soft City is the first book written by Jonathan Raban, and published by The Harvill Press in 1974.
Soft City records one man's attempt to plot a course through the urban labyrinth. Holding up a revealing mirror to the modern city, it is used as the locale for a demanding and expressive personal drama.
Jonathan Raban’s soft city is the malleable material from which identity is formed. “It invites you to remake it, to consolidate it into a shape you can live in . . . Decide who you are, and the city will again assume a fixed form around you.” This soft city is the mythic city, where illusion, dream, aspiration, and nightmare are all fixed into place; it comes into focus as it is passed through and acted upon by an individual or a collective. Where is the ‘Soft City” now? – Feb 2007 Introduced by Tim Waterman Hosted by Andrew Stuck, Rethinking Cities Ltd.