The Gold Machine: In the Tracks of the Mule Dancers - Rilegato

Sinclair, Iain

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ISBN 10: 1786079194 ISBN 13: 9781786079190

Casa editrice: Oneworld Pubns Ltd, 2021

Riassunto

<b>A journey through time and space, grappling with the ghosts of empire</b><br><br><b>A <i>New Statesman </i>Book of the Year, 2021</b><br> <br><b>&#8216;Follow Iain Sinclair into the cloud jungles of Peru and emerge questioning all that seemed so solid and immutable.&#8217; Barry Miles</b><br> <br><b>&#8216;<i>The Gold Machine </i>is a trip, a psychoactive expedition in compelling company.&#8217; <i>TLS</i></b><br> <br><b>From the award-winning author of <i>The Last London</i> and <i>Lights Out for the Territory</i>, a journey in the footsteps of our ancestors.</b><br> <br>In <i>The Gold Machine</i>, Iain Sinclair and his daughter travel through Peru, guided by &#8211; and in reaction to &#8211; an ill-fated colonial expedition led by his great-grandfather, Arthur Sinclair. The incursions of Catholic bounty hunters and Adventist missionaries are contrasted with today&#8217;s ecotourists and short-cut vision seekers. The family history of a displaced Scottish highlander fades into the brutal reality of a major land grab. The historic thirst for gold and the establishment of sprawling coffee plantations leave terrible wounds on virgin territory.<br> <br>What might once have been portrayed as an intrepid adventure is transformed into a shocking tale of the violated rights of indigenous people, secret dealings between London finance and Peruvian government, and the collusion of the church in colonial expansion. In Sinclair&#8217;s haunting prose, no place escapes its past, and nor can we.

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Informazioni sull'autore

<b>Iain Sinclair</b> is the award-winning writer of numerous critically acclaimed books on London, including <i>The Last London,</i> <i>Lights Out for the Territory</i>, <i>London Orbital</i> and <i>London Overground</i>. He won the Encore Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel <i>Downriver</i>. He lives in Hackney, East London.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Oneworld Pubns Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1786079194
• ISBN 13: 9781786079190
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 421
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