波德莱尔与巴黎,是诗人走出狭隘的斗室,漫步街头,寻找现代“恶之花”的精神历险;本雅明与柏林,是思想者穿梭于过去与未来,反复书写童年回忆的断简残篇;……西方现代作家的都市体验,围绕着孤独、异化、无家可归等主题展开,凸现这样一幅主导形象:巨型城市与无名的陌生人。相形之下,现代作家与北京的关系却真是城市体验的一个异数,至 Baudelaire and Paris, poets out of the narrow bucket room, wandering the streets, looking for the modern “evil flower ” spiritual adventure; Benjamin and Berlin, is the thinkers shuttling in the past and future, repeatedly recalled childhood memories Jane chapter; ... ... Western modern writer’s urban experience, around the theme of loneliness, alienation, homeless and other topics, highlighting such a dominant image: a megalopolis and unknown strangers. By contrast, the relationship between modern writers and Beijing is really an alien to urban experience