Dissatisfied with everything that came from his pen, Alessandro Baricco plunged into modernity and mastered the profession of a city planner. This is how “City” arose - a novel-city, with blocks - plot lines and streets - characters. As befits a self-respecting city, it has everything for an exciting life: boxers, football players, professors, a hairdresser, a general, a brilliant teenager, a girl in the foreground. And if that doesn't seem like enough, there's an exciting Western showing around the corner. Baricco does not change his custom - to sentence the heroes he loves to death. This makes it easier to part with them...