Living with Buildings: And Walking with Ghosts - On Health and Architecture [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Sinclair, Iain

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ISBN 10: 1788160479 ISBN 13: 9781788160476

Casa editrice: Wellcome Collection, 2019

Riassunto

'A remarkable book; surprisingly gripping and often very moving ... at once disorientating and illuminating.' - Robert Macfarlane We shape ourselves, and are shaped in return, by the walls that contain us. Buildings affect how we sleep, work, socialise and even breathe. They can isolate and endanger us but they can also heal us. We project our hopes and fears onto buildings, while they absorb our histories. In Living With Buildings, Iain Sinclair embarks on a series of expeditions - through London, Marseille, Mexico and the Outer Hebrides. A father and his daughter, who has a rare syndrome, visit the estate where they once lived. Developers clink champagne glasses as residents are 'decanted' from their homes. A box sculpted from whalebone, thought to contain healing properties, is returned to its origins with unexpected consequences. Part investigation, part travelogue, Living With Buildings brings the spaces we inhabit to life as never before.

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Recensione

A remarkable book; surprisingly gripping and often very moving ... at once disorientating and illuminating. (Robert Macfarlane)

One of Iain Sinclair's best books ... His walks are described with pithy lyricism. His moving accounts of friends and their complicated relationship to housing estates, hospitals and ancient rural sites, describe our attempts to remain healthy and humane in increasingly hostile environments (New Statesman Books of the Year)

Iain Sinclair feeds us a rich diet of shrewd insights ... He leaves you gasping with the punch and pungency of his
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(Observer)

Descrizione del libro

One of Britain's finest writers embarks on a journey to explore the relationship between our health and the buildings that surround us

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• Editore: Wellcome Collection
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1788160479
• ISBN 13: 9781788160476
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208