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"Beautifully written and very enjoyable ... Sayer is a great observer of small details in urban space ... Sayer’s book offers new ways to think and write about the history of a specific place ... Sayer’s intimate knowledge of the writers he quotes, his vast erudition and fondness for the various aspects of Prague’s history and topography make this book a joy to read. It will appeal to intellectual and cultural historians interested in the overlapping of modernism and modernity as well as those looking for new ways to write about history and place, but it will surely also attract a broader readership."  Social History, 39:2, 2014, 292-293, Claire Morelon