Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire - A Confidential Report

Informationen zum Autor Iain Sinclair is the author of numerous works of fiction, poetry non-fiction, including Lud Heat ; White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings ; Downriver ; Radon Daughters ; Lights Out for the Territory ; Rodinsky's Room , with Rachel Lichtenstein; Landor's Tower ; London Orbital ; Dining On Stones ; Hackney, That Rose-Red Empire and Ghost Milk ; American Smoke and London Overground . Downriver won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Encore Award. He lives in Hackney, east London. Klappentext Paperback edition of Sinclair's personal record of the area of north-east London where he's lived for 40 years. The iconic map cover of the hardback, which sold over 8000 copies, has been adapted for this beautiful edition. 'Sinclair at his best...' "Daily Telegraph" Zusammenfassung Offers a personal record of the author's north-east London home in which he has lived for forty years. This documentary fiction seeks to capture the spirit of place, before Hackney succumbs to mendacious green papers, eco boasts, sponsored public art and the Olympic Park gnawing at its edges.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Iain Sinclair
• Verlag: Penguin Books Uk
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.02.2010
• EAN: 9780141012742
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101274-2
• Seiten: 592
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 200 mm x 28 mm
• Serie: HAMISH HAMILTON
• Themen: Sachbuch; London, Greater London, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history