Estuary: Out from London to the Sea

Author: Lichtenstein, Rachel

Brand: Penguin Random House

Color: Multicolor

Binding: paperback

Format: Import

Number Of Pages: 336

Release Date: 21-11-2017

Part Number: 9780141018539

Details: Product Description
LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick LaneOut at the eastern edge of England, between land and ocean, you will find beautiful, haunted salt marshes, coastal shallows and wide-open skies: the Thames Estuary. The estuary is an ancient gateway to England, a passage for numberless travellers in and out of London. And for generations, the people of Kent and Essex have lived and worked on the Estuary, learning its waters, losing loved ones to its deeps. Their heritage is a proud but never an easy one. In the face of a world changing around them, they endure.Rachel Lichtenstein spent five years exploring this unique community and recording its extraordinary chorus of voices, present and past. From mud larkers and fishermen to radio pirates and champion racers, from buried princesses to unexploded bombs, Estuary is a celebration of a haunting & profoundly British place.
Review
Publisher's description. An immersive journey through the weird and haunting spaces of the Thames Estuary. Rachel Lichtenstein presents an extraordinary chorus of voices, from mudlarkers and fishermen to radio pirates and champion racers, capturing the incredibly diverse community of people who live and work in this ancient, wild and mesmerising place. ―
Penguin

Rachel Lichtenstein's electrifying exploration of the estuary ―
Spectator

The Thames Estuary changes constantly. How do you make such a landscape comprehensible, and how do you render it vividly for the reader? Lichtenstein's outstanding book shows how it should be done. ―
Irish Times

Immersive, engrossing, evocative ―
The Lady
About the Author
Rachel Lichtenstein is the author of
Estuary as well as
Rodinsky's Room (co-authored with Iain Sinclair),
Rodinsky's Whitechapel,
Keeping Pace,
A Little Dust Whispered,
On Brick Lane, and
Diamond Street. She trained as a sculptor, and has exhibited her work in several British and international venues, including the Whitechapel Gallery, the Barbican, the British Library, Woodstreet Galleries in Pittsburgh in the USA, and the Jerusalem Theatre in Israel. From 2002 to 2004, she was the British Library's first Pearson Creative Research Fellow.

EAN: 9780141018539

Package Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English