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The City in the Distance Lorna Goodison Most Americans think of BetsyFINALIST, 38th ANNUAL FRENCH AMERICAN FOUNDATION TRANSLATION PRIZE Exploring the ever changing philosophy of city life with Jean Luc Nancy In The City in the Distance, Jean Luc Nancy embarks on nothing less than a philosophy of the city. Drawing on his widely discussed accounts of sense and of the fraught question of community, Nancy views the city as the site of a disposition that is constantly undergoing metamorphoses. Far from an abstract account,