Dreamstreets
Dreamstreets
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Mixing social and political history, art and architecture, travelogue, biography, aesthetics and philosophy with memoir and on-the-ground observation, this book draws on the author's experience as a novelist, bringing her scholarly research to life in an account of the complex and contradictory factors which changed the British landscape.
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Dreamstreets by Jacqueline Yallop
Mixing social and political history, art and architecture, travelogue, biography, aesthetics and philosophy with memoir and on-the-ground observation, this book draws on the author's experience as a novelist, bringing her scholarly research to life in an account of the complex and contradictory factors which changed the British landscape.
Compelling * Independent *
This is a fascinating book, a glimpse through the keyhole of homes that turn out to be stages set for a performance-- Lucy Lethbridge * Financial Times *
Intriguing... The descriptions of place, surface and mood are sharp and tangible * Guardian *
A fascinating study of how human life is moulded and shaped by big money. It is…sobering. -- Charlie Gilmour * Independent On Sunday *
Provides valuable food for thought. -- Gillian Tindall * Literary Review *
This is a fascinating book, a glimpse through the keyhole of homes that turn out to be stages set for a performance-- Lucy Lethbridge * Financial Times *
Intriguing... The descriptions of place, surface and mood are sharp and tangible * Guardian *
A fascinating study of how human life is moulded and shaped by big money. It is…sobering. -- Charlie Gilmour * Independent On Sunday *
Provides valuable food for thought. -- Gillian Tindall * Literary Review *
Jacqueline Yallop is the author of three novels and a history of Victorian collecting. She has a PhD in nineteenth-century literature and culture, and has worked as a museum curator in Manchester and Sheffield. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Aberystwyth.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780224098274 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224098276 |
| Title | Dreamstreets |
| Author | Jacqueline Yallop |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2015-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |