E-raamat: Manchester: Something rich and strange

'Dobraszczyk and Butler have gathered together a set of excavations and forgagings which piece together very different visions of the towns and developments and rivers and canals and in-between spaces that make up the disjointed, uneven, ever-changing city of Manchester. Here, in the books exploration of undervalued urban spaces, readers will find the traces of other futures, snickets and ginnels, a rumour of salmon, slow-worms appearing in old brickworks, the amazing story of the citys hibakujumoko trees, and myriad other transplantations and spaces that twenty-first-century time has passed by.' John McAuliffe, poet and Reader of Creative Writing and Modern Literature, University of Manchester

'Manchester: Something rich and strange epitomises everything that is wonderful about this great city. The book tells the story of Manchesters past and present in a unique and engaging way, bringing together a variety of contributors from a variety of different backgrounds.' Michala Hulme, author of A grim almanac of Manchester and Bloody British history: Manchester'

'It is a book like the city; bold, brash, and gobby, moving from morbid self-pity to delirious triumph in mere moments. A guided tour where they pull up the floorboards and let you see what lies beneath.' Manchester Review of Books



'Theres strong material in this ragbag of themed think-pieces - Rose recalling the attack which prompted her to reclaim the streets from her nightmares; Kalu conjuring the realities of Manchesters sewer system with unnerving brio; Tim Edensor on the sources of municipal cobble stone; Hanson on the ubiquity of facades in post-modern, post-Factory Records Manchester - plus Simon Buckleys celebrated iPhone Lowry on the cover and a good helping of Dobraszczyks magnificently crisp photography.'

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