Souvenir

Zusatztext Souvenir is alive to the senses and seasons dressing London . . . Bracewell has a poet's gift for locating essence in detail . . . S ouvenir reaches back across decades of exsanguinating Conservatism, New Labour, austerity and gentrification to find intimations of today's malaise Informationen zum Autor Michael Bracewell is the author of six novels and two works of non-fiction including SAINT RACHEL, PERFECT TENSE, REMAKE/REMODEL and ENGLAND IS MINE. His writing has been published in THE FABER BOOK OF POP and a selection of his writings on art and culture, THE SPACE BETWEEN was published in 2012. He has written widely on modern and contemporary art, most notably about the work of Bridget Riley and Richard Hamilton on the occasion of recent exhibitions of their work at The National Gallery, London. Also on the art of Damien Hirst and Gilbert & George for the Tate Gallery, London. His most recent publications include the Introduction to a new edition of Oscar Wilde's classic essay, 'The Critic As Artist'. Klappentext An account of London during the last years prior to the rise of digital technology. As such it surveys the capital through its geography, post-punk, New Wave and Style culture between 1979 and 1986. Vorwort A lovesong to London in the early 80s: a pre-computer, pre-digital, pre-mostmodern, New Wave age Zusammenfassung A lovesong to London in the early 80s: a pre-computer, pre-digital, pre-mostmodern, New Wave age

Product details

• Authors: Michael Bracewell
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2021
• EAN: 9781474622301
• ISBN: 978-1-4746-2230-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 202 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Essays, London, Greater London, City of London, FICTION / City Life, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Central London, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, Memoirs, Literary essays