Imaginary City by Rain Chudori

Summary

A restless young woman revisits the city where she was born, and encounters a man that she has known for years. The pair becomes involved in a brutally beautiful affair that inevitably binds them within the concrete of the city. (Goodreads)

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Discussion topics

1. Imaginary City uses two main characters to talk about a relationship, a life, and a soul in a city. Why do you think they don't have names?
2. Notice the effect of time in Imaginary City. How does time change the way you see things in a city?
3. "A soul place is... where we experience unique feelings of belonging..." (Mateo Sol). Does this happen during your healing process?
   
4. Consider an omniscient point of view for writing a city guidebook. What is the power of perspective in describing a city?
   

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