London City-lit - Couverture souple

Reyes, Heather

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0955970059 ISBN 13 : 9780955970054

Editeur : Oxygen Books, 2009

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

'It's an exciting selection, with unexpected gems from novelists, travel writers, journalists and bloggers'
-- Sunday Telegraph

'This treasure trove of a book' -- Rachel Lichtenstein, author of On Brick Lane

'A collection of writings that expose not only the city's secret places but its very soul'
-- Clare Clark, author of The Great Stink

'Excellent ... uses descriptions of a city penned by writers, both living and dead to illuminate the metropolis'
-- Conde Nast Traveller

'Brings London to life past and present in a way no conventional guide book could ever achieve'
--Tarquin Hall

'Will Self, Virginia Woolf, Alan Bennett and sixty others in a frenzied orgy of London writing. You'll love it'
--Londonist

'The second volume in this enticing new series includes extracts from the work of 60 wonderfully diverse writers'
--The Bookseller

Présentation de l'éditeur

Discover the world's most happening city through the eyes of more than sixty extraordinary writers:

Will Self gets inside the head of a London cabby
Jan Morris flies in to Heathrow
Monica Ali smells the curry on Brick Lane
Alan Bennett gives us a ride in the Queen's carriage
Xiaolu Guo enjoys a greasy spoon cafe in Hackney
Virginia Woolf goes shopping in Oxford Street
Sam Selvon recalls the boat train arriving from Trinidad
Dostoyevsky strolls down the Haymarket
Barbara Cartland takes us to a West End ball
... and much, much more.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxygen Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0955970059
• ISBN 13: 9780955970054
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 250
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible