{"product_id":"9781782271178","title":"City of Lions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ukrainian city Lviv's many names (Lviv, Lvov, Lwow, Lemberg, Leopolis) bear witness to its conflicted past - it has, at one time or another, belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Poland, Russia and Germany, and has brought forth numerous famous artists and intellectuals. \u003ci\u003eMy Lwow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eJozef Wittlin\u003c\/b\u003e's short 1946 treatise on the city he left in 1922, is a wistful and lyrical study of an electrifying cosmopolis, told from the other side of the catastrophe of the Second World War. \u003cb\u003ePhilippe Sand\u003c\/b\u003e's essay provides a parallel account of the city as it is today: the cultural capital of Ukraine, its citizens played a key role during the Orange Revolution\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand its executive committee declared itself independent of the rule of President Viktor Yanukovych in February 2014. \u003ci\u003eThe City of Lions \u003c\/i\u003eincludes both old black-and-white photos showing Lviv during the first half of the twentieth century, and new photographs by the award-winning Diana Matar, of the city as it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050008494320,"sku":"9781782271178","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782271178_p0.jpg?v=1763719548","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782271178","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}