« C’était une matinée pour aller voir ailleurs. Explorer un territoire dans lequel je pourrais me défaire du sentiment que la narration était aussi truquée que notre paysage administré. Aussi exotiques soient mes sources, mes lectures ne me satisfaisaient plus. L’histoire était partout la mê
London Overground: A Day's Walk Around the Ginger Line
✍ Scribed by Sinclair, Iain
- Book ID
- 109256494
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780241971505
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
Echoing his journey in London Orbital over a decade ago, Iain Sinclair narrates his second circular walk around the capital. Shortly after rush-hour and accompanied by a rambling companion, Sinclair begins walking along London's Overground network, or, 'Ginger Line'. With characteristic playfulness, detours into folk history, withering assessments of the political classes and a joyful allegiance to the ordinary oddball, Sinclair guides us on a tour of London's trendiest new transport network - and shows the shifting, changing city from new and surprising angles.
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