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Reviews: Culture

‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer

Book review: ‘The Ongoing Moment’ by Geoff Dyer

A book about photography.

Published 06-Dec-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: photography, reviews
‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Book review: ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe and their lives together.

Published 06-Dec-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture Tags: patti smith, reviews
‘A Place in the Country’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘A Place in the Country’ by W.G. Sebald

Essays on five writers and a painter who influenced Sebald’s work.

Published 09-Jun-2013
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, History, Sebaldian Tags: sebald
‘London Orbital’ by Iain Sinclair

Book review: ‘London Orbital’ by Iain Sinclair

Walking around the M25.

Published 27-Oct-2012
‘Reality Hunger’ by David Shields

Book review: ‘Reality Hunger’ by David Shields

A manifesto.

Published 27-Oct-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews
‘Aftermath’ by Ronald Blythe

Book review: ‘Aftermath’ by Ronald Blythe

Selected writings, 1960–2010.

Published 25-Mar-2012
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews, ronald blythe
‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘Vertigo’ by W.G. Sebald

File under Sebaldian.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, Fiction, History, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald
The Emergence of Memory

Book review: ‘The Emergence of Memory’ by Lynne Sharon Schwartz (ed.)

Interviews with, and essays about, the late W.G. Sebald.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Culture Tags: reviews, sebald
‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘The Rings of Saturn’ by W.G. Sebald

Unclassifiable masterpiece.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, Fiction, History, Nature Writing, Sebaldian Tags: sebald
‘The Emigrants’ by W.G. Sebald

Book review: ‘The Emigrants’ by W.G. Sebald

File under Sebaldian.

Published 18-Dec-2011
Filed under: Uncategorised Genres: Biography/Memoir, Culture, Fiction, History, Sebaldian Tags: reviews, sebald

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