Find a copy in the library
Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: McGrath, Melanie, 1964- Hopping. London : Fourth Estate, 2009 (OCoLC)619906134 |
| Named Person: | Melanie McGrath |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Melanie McGrath |
| ISBN: | 9780007223664 0007223668 |
| OCLC Number: | 298188563 |
| Description: | xv, 320 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Melanie McGrath. |
Reviews
Publisher Synopsis
Praise for Silvertown: 'McGrath tells her story in a novelist's idiom, and the result is extraordinarily powerful and curiously resonant. Like much of the East End, Silvertown today is in the process of an astonishing transformation. The curse on the area has been lifted. But McGrath has beautifully recorded the old Silvertown just before it disappears for ever.' Sinclair McKay, Daily Telegraph 'This is a remarkable account of the social history of the East End. It provides a rare bridge between those two separate Londons; for while the story belongs to a mysterious past, the style and sophistication is strikingly contemporary.' Anthony Sampson, Guardian Praise for The Long Exile: '[McGrath] offers a carefully imagined portrait of the appalling lives of the Inuit on Ellesmere Island. This is a story of official wrong-headedness and arrogance and McGrath relays it with compassion. The narrative is gripping.' Guardian 'Melanie McGrath's tragic tale has an icy ring of truth that wrings the heart.' The Times 'Melanie McGrath is a gifted, passionate and sensitive story-teller and through her the authentic voice of the Arctic, not the clarion call of great white explorers, rings loud and clear. She gets right under the Inuit's seal-skin parkas; her research is meticulous, her touch is light, her understanding and invisibility are the absolute opposite of the years of foreign domination. Her play with language is disarming and original. Fresh, illuminating and heartbreaking history.' Sunday Telegraph 'Poignant and humane book. McGrath, who tracked down some of the survivors as well as traveling in the territory, tells an impressively researched and often poetic story.' Observer 'McGrath also has a wonderful feel for landscape and so the Arctic itself assumes the life of a character.The language is lovely. Modulated, lyrical and beautiful as the stark nature it describes, it makes McGrath's book more than a fascinating and instructive read. It makes it a joyful one.' Evening Standard Read more...
Tags
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(3)
- McGrath, Melanie, -- 1964- -- Family.
- Hop pickers -- England -- Kent -- Biography.
- East End (London, England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
User lists with this item (2)
- ILL List #3(498 items)
by sankeym updated about 3 weeks ago
- Things to Check Out(12 items)
by hopearl updated 2010-04-19
