{"product_id":"death-and-life-in-the-city-of-dreams-paperback","title":"Death and Life in the City of Dreams - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Deitch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJaded city planner Townsend Meadows looks out across Evermore Valley with the ghost of his dead friend by his side. \"Do you ever wonder,\" Fen asks, \"what this city will look like five hundred years from now?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir city is teetering on the brink of collapse, and the mayor's answer is a gleaming new auto mall at the valley's edge. For Townsend, it's the death of everything a city should be. Struggling to regain his passion and forced to choose between compliance and conviction, he must risk his career to fight for a more hopeful and verdant future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom an architect's vision at the dawn of the twentieth century, to a rancher's dynasty scarred by violence and greed, to a city founder's hidden message of hope, this story about the rise, fall, and reawakening of an American city reaches far beyond the present. A timely, sweeping novel of memory, corruption, and resilience, Death and Life in the City of Dreams asks, \"What legacy will we choose to leave for our children?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 742\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.63 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46924326240395,"sku":"9798885281416","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/BzhX0KNux39798885281416.webp?v=1778730622","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/death-and-life-in-the-city-of-dreams-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}