On Brick Lane - Hardcover

Lichtenstein, Rachel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241142865 ISBN 13: 9780241142868

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton, 2007

Synopsis

On Brick Lane is an unforgettable journey through the vanished past, the disappearing present and the emerging future of Britain’s most mythologized and misunderstood street. Home to successive waves of immigrants, Brick Lane is at once multicultural melting pot and sacred site, bounded by Hawksmoor churches, abandoned synagogues and newly developed mosques, with the old Truman Brewery at its heart.

Bringing to life the memories and realities of Brick Lane's many communities, Rachel Lichtenstein harnesses the voices of the famous, the infamous and the obscure, merging memoir, reportage, poetry, photography and local history. The result is as vibrant and fascinating as the neighbourhood it so movingly celebrates.

About this title

Review:

Praise for Rodinsky's Room:

'The most absorbing book I've read for years . . . A wonderful story' Observer

'Highly original, entertaining and instructive' Times Literary Supplement

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0241142865
• ISBN 13: 9780241142868
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368