London Orbital

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 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. Zusammenfassung Encircling London like a noose, the M25 is a road to nowhere, but when the author sets out to walk this asphalt loop - keeping within the 'acoustic footprints' - he is determined to find out where the journey will lead him. This book deals with the author's voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prejudices declare; soothing the seething - up the Lea Valley with Bill Drummond (and the Unabomber); Paradise Gardens - Waltham Abbey to Shenley; Colne and Green Way - Abbots Langley to Stains; diggers and despots - cutting the corner! Staines to Epsom; salt to source - Epsom to Westerham! through the valley of vision to Dartford and the river; blood and oil - Carfax to Waltham Abbey; millennium eve. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Iain Sinclair
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 02.10.2003
• EAN: 9780141014746
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101474-6
• Pagine: 592
• Dimensioni: 130 mm x 200 mm x 35 mm
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Pianificazione urbanistica, territoriale e del paesaggio; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura; London, Greater London, SPORTS & RECREATION / Walking, Walking, hiking, trekking, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, TRAVEL / Europe / Great Britain, Social and cultural history, South & South East England, Transport planning and policy, Transport planning & policy