by Furio Colombo · Feltrinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788807120046
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«La città profonda: saggi immaginari su New York» is a book of essays by Furio Colombo, published by Feltrinelli in paperback (120 pages, in Italian).
As the subtitle indicates, these imaginary essays by Furio Colombo observe New York from various perspectives. The book offers an unusual vision of the present and future of the great metropolis, highlights its contrasts and continuous transformation, and does so with a prose that blends urban reflection and literary gaze.
The work belongs to Feltrinelli's Anni novanta collection (volume 4) and includes drawings by Tullio Pericoli.
For readers of literary essays interested in urban life in New York.
Furio Colombo was an Italian journalist and politician. He started his career in the mid-1950s, working with RAI. In the late 1980s, after moving to New York, he worked as a correspondent for La Stampa and La Repubblica. He wrote for various newspapers and taught at the University of Bologna, Columbia University, and the University of California, Berkeley, at different phases of his life, and served as the director of the Italian Cultural Institute in New York City.
