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INTRODUCTION
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volumeincludesarepresentationofLisbon,whichłthroughtheprism
ofWimWender)smovingpicturełisprovidedinthearticlebySonia
Front,uTePortraitoftheCityinWimWenders)sLisbonStory.”Inthe
study,theauthorclaimsthat,throughportrayingthecityassuspended
intime,thedirectorcommentsonthedamaginginfluenceoftheglobal
cultureonurbanspacełaprocessthatisalsoreferredtointhearticle
byAgnieszkaPodrucznauWalkingthrough(Hi)stories:CityandTem-
poralityinVandanaSingh)sCDelhi.
)”Similarly,thisarticleillustratesthe
mutualdependenceoftimeandspace,yetitfocusesontherepresenta-
tionofDehli,theeponymousVandanaSingh)sshortstory.Conducting
heranalysiswithintheframesofpostcolonialtheory,theauthorcom-
mentsontheparticularimpactthat,assheclaims,historyhasexerted
uponthecityofDehli.
Tecityimagesthatemergefromthetwopreviouslyintroducedarticles
presentanurbanareaasamultilayeredspacewhichonewalkingalong
itsstreetshasachancetograduallyuncover.Inthisrespect,thetexts
intersectwiththepictureofMoscowthat,inturn,appearsinthearticle
uAmidsttheWondersoftheCity:CountenancesofMoscowinBarbara
Włodarczyk)sWideTracks”byMonikaKowalczyk-Piaseczna,inwhich
theauthoranalysestherepresentationofthecapitalofRussiaprovidedby
theWideTracksreportagecycleofBarbaraWłodarczyk.Intheanalysed
seriesoffilmreportagestheimageofMoscowisextremelycomplex,and
itsdiferentaspectstogethercomposeanintricatecitystructure.
Teconsecutivepartofthebookpresentsadistinctivedepictionof
NewYorkfeaturedinNinaAugustynowicz)suAnorexiaandtheCity:
SpecialSignificanceoftheUrbanEnvironmentinEatingDisorderMem-
oirs.”Discussingthememoirsofindividualsafectedbyanorexia,the
authorproposesathesisthatthespecificaspectsofurbanexistence
significantlycontributetotheexacerbationofthecondition.Having
madethisassumption,however,sheobservesthattheurbanlandscape
andalltheelementsconnectedwithlivinginthecityplayasignificant
roleinhumansociallifełanargumentwhichthefollowingtextinthe
volume,uStreetLitandSubversion,”seemstoaptlysupport.AsBartosz
Stopelclaimsinhisarticle,fictiondepictingurbanlife,withthespecial
considerationoflivingintheunderworld,notonlymakesacomment
onthesocialandeconomicsituationintheurbancommunities,butit
