Horizontal vertigo: a city called Mexico

Book Cover
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for Horizontal vertigo
Author:
Villoro, Juan, 1956-
Language:
English
Choose a Format
On Shelf
Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction has 2
972 VILLO
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
972 VILLO
Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
972 VILLO

Also in This Series

More Details

Contributors:
Mac Adam, Alfred J.,1941-translator. Translator
ISBN:
9780593687796

Published Reviews

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Staff View

Grouping Information

Grouped Work ID865ebde7-fb13-1a2f-958b-89ddfdafd9ef
Grouping Titlehorizontal vertigo a city called mexico
Grouping Authorjuan villoro
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2025-06-16 20:05:35PM
Last Indexed2025-06-30 05:14:14AM

Solr Fields

accelerated_reader_point_value
0
accelerated_reader_reading_level
0
auth_author2
Mac Adam, Alfred J., 1941-
author
Villoro, Juan, 1956-
author2-role
Mac Adam, Alfred J.,1941-translator.|Translator
author_display
Villoro, Juan
available_at_catalog
Cary Regional
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
collection_catalog
Adult Non-Fiction
detailed_location_catalog
Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
display_description
"Horizontal Vertigo: the title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes, which led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flaneur, Villoro wanders through the city seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things, while brilliantly drawing connections among them, the better to reveal, in all its multitudinous glory, the vicissitudes and triumphs of Mexico City's cultural, political, and social history: from indigenous antiquity to the Aztec period, from the Spanish conquest to Mexico City today, one of the world's leading cultural and financial centers. In his deeply iconoclastic book, Villoro organizes his text around a recurring series of chapter titles: 'Living in the City,' 'City Characters,' 'Shocks, Crossings, and Ceremonies.' What he achieves, miraculously, is a stunning, intriguingly coherent meditation on Mexico City's genius loci, its spirit of place"--
format_catalog
Book
format_category_catalog
Books
id
865ebde7-fb13-1a2f-958b-89ddfdafd9ef
isbn
9780593687796
last_indexed
2025-06-30T09:14:14.357Z
lexile_score
-1
literary_form
Non Fiction
literary_form_full
Non Fiction
local_callnumber_catalog
972 VILLO
owning_library_catalog
Wake County Public Libraries
owning_location_catalog
Cary Regional
East Regional
North Regional
Northeast Regional
Oberlin Regional
Southeast Regional
primary_isbn
9780593687796
publishDate
2024
publisher
Vintage
recordtype
grouped_work
subject_facet
Essays
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Civilization -- 21st century
Mexico City (Mexico) -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
title_display
Horizontal vertigo : a city called Mexico
title_full
Horizontal vertigo : a city called Mexico / Juan Villoro ; translated from the Spanish by Alfred MacAdam
title_short
Horizontal vertigo
title_sub
a city called Mexico
topic_facet
Civilization
Social life and customs

Solr Details Tables

item_details

Bib IdItem IdShelf LocationCall NumFormatFormat CategoryNum CopiesIs Order ItemIs eContenteContent SourceeContent URLDetailed StatusLast CheckinLocation
ils:7862898564427Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction972 VILLO1falsefalseOn ShelfSER
ils:7862898564428Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction972 VILLO1falsefalseOn ShelfCRY
ils:7862898564433Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction972 VILLO1falsefalseOn ShelfCRY
ils:7862898564432East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction972 VILLO1falsefalseChecked outERL
ils:7862898564431North Regional - Adult Non-Fiction972 VILLO1falsefalseOn ShelfNOR
ils:7862898564430Oberlin Regional - Adult Non-Fiction972 VILLO1falsefalseOn ShelfOBR
ils:7862898564429Northeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction972 VILLO1falsefalseOn ShelfNER
ils:7862898564426Southeast Regional - Adult Non-Fiction972 VILLO1falsefalseOn ShelfSER

record_details

Bib IdFormatFormat CategoryEditionLanguagePublisherPublication DatePhysical DescriptionAbridged
ils:786289BookBooksEnglishVintage[2024]368 pages ; 21 cm

scoping_details_catalog

Bib IdItem IdGrouped StatusStatusLocally OwnedAvailableHoldableBookableIn Library Use OnlyLibrary OwnedIs Home Pick Up OnlyHoldable PTypesBookable PTypesHome Pick Up PTypesLocal Url
ils:7862898564427On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetruefalse
ils:7862898564428On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetruefalse
ils:7862898564433On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetruefalse
ils:7862898564432Checked outChecked outfalsefalsetruefalsefalsetruefalse
ils:7862898564431On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetruefalse
ils:7862898564430On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetruefalse
ils:7862898564429On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetruefalse
ils:7862898564426On ShelfOn Shelffalsetruetruefalsefalsetruefalse

Borrower Reviews