City Quitters: Creative Pioneers Pursuing Post-Urban Life

If you’ve fantasised about packing your life up and moving to the country, then City Quitters may just be the final push you need.

If the fact that author Karen Rosenkranz is a trend forecaster is anything to go by, then you’re certainly not the only one for whom the quieter life is more appealing. Even if you’re a devoted urbanite, these 22 stories set across 12 countries and five continents are sure to inspire. Offering what the book describes as ‘a new vision for ruralism beyond rustic pastimes and nostalgia’, each chapter is laid out in photo-essay format and features in-depth and illuminating interviews with creative pioneers whose occupations are as diverse as designer, architect, fish smoker, ceramicist, chef, beekeeper, herbalist, street artist and music producer. Rosenkranz elicits from them their reasons for quitting the city, how their lives have changed, the differences in work and social life, and the general modus vivendi outside the city. The subjects explore and offer new possibilities for post-urban living that is just as creative, connected and fulfilling — perhaps even more so.