Klaudia Pieszczoch looks for Madrid's character in neighbourhoods, social movements and culture.

The city comes into view through the people and practices that give its spaces meaning. Choose this for readers who prefer a layered urban portrait to a list of landmarks. The appeal is the connection between the city's visible surface and the arguments about how it should be lived in.

WHO IS IT FOR?

For readers interested in reported lives, ideas and the forces shaping contemporary experience.