{"product_id":"leopard-in-the-city-an-urban-fable-9780999291887","title":"Leopard in the City: An Urban Fable","description":"\u003cp\u003e LEOPARD IN THE CITY is a fable for those longing to escape the urban tangle and return home to nature. Illustrated with over 45 black and white photographs, it tells the tale of a leopard, a \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e leopard of the jungle, who suddenly finds himself in the center of a modern Western metropolis, having to negotiate the rigid grid of streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e If seen, even by a single human being, he knows his fate would be sealed-either with a bullet through his heart or the sting of a tranquilizer gun, followed by a lifetime behind bars at the city zoo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And who can say which would be worse? In the zoo he would live out his days being gawked at as the famous mystery leopard from who-knows-where, the wild beast everybody read about in the newspapers that disrupted life in the city and then was caught.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The longing for freedom leads him to the task of learning the ways of human beings, hoping that by understanding them he can discover a loophole, a way out. He figures out that long before human beings domesticated cats and dogs, they domesticated themselves. That's how they built their cities: by taming their own wild nature. They demand no less of whoever would live in their midst.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Should he give up the dream of escape and follow the path of domestication as laid out by housecats, whose ancestors sacrificed their wild nature for security? Is it true, as the housecats would have it, that the way to salvation is captivity, to be free is to accept subjugation, and that safety is to be found not in liberty, but in confinement? Is it better to enjoy the comfortable fate of the housecat and live a privileged life of leisure with a secure place by the fire?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What he needs-is a miracle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e While the city in which these events unfold is imaginary and could be any modern metropolis, LEOPARD IN THE CITY is richly illustrated with photographs from the city of Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And though the city is found on no map, can we say for certain that the leopard is also but a figment of someone's imagination?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Who knows-he could be you or me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas K. Shor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lion Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.21d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999291887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWriter and photographer Thomas K. Shor was born in Boston, USA, and studied comparative religion and literature in Vermont. With an ear for unusual stories, the fortune to attract them, and an eye for detail, he has travelled the planet's mountainous realms-from the Mayan Highlands of southern Mexico in the midst of insurrection to the mountains of Greece, and more recently, to the Indian Himalayas-to collect, illustrate, and write stories with a uniquely personal character, often having the flavour of fable. Shor has lectured widely on his writings and has had solo exhibits of his photographs in Europe and India. He can often be found in the most obscure locales, immersed in a compelling story touching upon fundamental human themes. www.ThomasShor.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lion Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40579707535475,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_13885d13-23a3-4eaf-8cd1-12b5286240b1.jpg?v=1668524251","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/leopard-in-the-city-an-urban-fable-9780999291887","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}