City of the Mind

1991 novel by Penelope Lively

City of the Mind

First edition

Author| Penelope Lively
Language| English
Publisher| Deutsch

Publication date

| 1991
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print
Pages| 220
ISBN| 0233986618

City of the Mind is a 1991 novel written by Penelope Lively.[1] It is an introspective novel which offers an attempt to explain the varying and complex relationships between the past and the present.[2]

## Plot

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Through the daily life and thoughts of Matthew Halland, a recently divorced architect suffering from his relationship with his own past the reader is introduced to various characters he meets during his travels around London and given glimpses of the city's past and the relevance of that past to the present. The presence in his life of his young daughter Jane and the promise of renewed romance with a woman he encounters by chance serve to save him from descending into loneliness and despair.[3][4]

## References

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1. ^ "Explore the British Library".
2. ^ "CITY OF THE MIND | Kirkus Reviews".
3. ^ "CITY OF THE MIND | Kirkus Reviews".
4. ^ "City of the Mind".

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