Liquid City - Couverture rigide

Sinclair, Iain

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1780235836 ISBN 13 : 9781780235837

Editeur : Reaktion Books, 2016

Synopsis

The eccentric, manic, and often moving collaborative explorations of London's hidden streets, cemeteries, parks, canals, pubs, and personalities by photographer Marc Atkins and writer Iain Sinclair were first recorded in Sinclair's highly acclaimed 1997 book Lights Out for the Territory, praised in the Guardian as "one of the most remarkable books ever written on London." Liquid City is a splendid follow-up--presented here in an updated format and with a new introduction and additional images--documenting Atkins and Sinclair's further peregrinations through the city's eastern and south-eastern quadrants, famous as London's grittier but culturally rich quarters.

An array of famous and lesser-known writers, booksellers, and film-makers slip in and out of Sinclair's annotations, as do memories and remnants of the East End's criminal mobs and physical landmarks as diverse as the Thames barrier and Karl Marx's grave in Archway cemetery. All of it is documented in Atkins's striking, atmospheric photographs and Sinclair's impressionistic prose that marries psychology with geography. Cued by the title, readers will follow the Thames as it flows silently through the photographic and textual narrative, traversing a city that is always fluid, full at once of continuities and surprises.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Marc Atkins is a freelance photographer who has exhibited across Europe and North America and contributed to books and magazines worldwide.


Iain Sinclair is the author of many books, including London Overground, Downriver, and London Orbital.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Reaktion Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780235836
• ISBN 13: 9781780235837
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible