Vicente Quirarte
Big City Love is a journey through Mexico City through time and the people who have lived, visited or written about it, from its origins as a refuge for the Spanish people, until its transformation into one of the largest cities in the world. Vicente Quirarte offers with this book a portrait of the city, represented as a character that comes to life with the constant activity and renovation of its inhabitants.A walk through its streets, buildings and monuments gives a glimpse of the essence of the city to the viewer, at times chaotic but always enigmatic, making the task to distinguish between love and hate even more difficult that a place such as Mexico City may provoke. From the perspective of acclaimed writers, both Mexican and foreign, ranging from Cervantes to Elena Poniatowska, Quirarte manages to reconstruct the identity of a city that is constantly moving, and yet has no clear direction.
