How to Live in the City (The School of Life series)

Author(s): Hugo Macdonald

Culture and Ideas

A handbook for mastering the art of living in a city.


Building a relationship with a city is a lot like building a relationship with another person - just as cities can be intoxicating, generous and inspiring, so they can also be dangerous, fickle and impenetrable. How to Live in the City is a book for navigating and nurturing this important relationship.


Hugo Macdonald believes you need to feel a city to understand it. He won't tell you how wide the perfect pavement should be but he will show you how to walk down a pavement with eyes wide open. This is a book to help you feel human in an inhuman environment.


Product Information

'The School of Life is dedicated to making our lives clearer, less puzzling and more enjoyable - by studying the big themes of life with the help of culture. This new series of self-help books continues to reinvent the genre, making it into something more serious, profound and genuinely helpful.' --Alain de Botton

General Fields

  • : 9781447293316
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Macmillan
  • : 01 January 2016
  • : 01 February 2016
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Hugo Macdonald
  • : 160