On Brick Lane

Rachel Lichtenstein

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English

Penguin
30 September 2008

Society & Social Sciences; Local history; Nostalgia: general

On Brick Lane is a journey into the heart of the East End, an excavation of past, memory, place and people.

By looking at a single street, Rachel Lichtenstein teases out the story of one of London's most vibrant and dynamic communities. It is a story of immigration - of Huguenots, Jews, Bangladeshis; of anarchists and fascists; of abandoned synagogues, teeming mosques and incongruent Hawksmoor churches; of gangsters and artists; shopkeepers and street life; the beating heart of a never-still, always-vocal people.

With Lichtenstein's skilful guidance, it becomes a trip through a world that is at once recognizable, but also wonderfully stange.

By: Rachel Lichtenstein
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 255g
ISBN: 9780141018515
ISBN 10: 0141018518
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 30 September 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Rachel Lichtenstein is an artist and writer, who has lived and worked in East London. She is also a tour guide and gives lectures on the Jewish East End. She is perhaps best known for her book (and personal quest) Rodinsky's Room, a compelling psycho-geographical tour co-written with Iain Sinclair, now considered a classic of its genre.

Reviews for On Brick Lane

A collage of beady-eyed topographical study, family history and oral testimony... an intriguing, vivid memorial Seven/ Telegraph ...a comprehensive, deeply researched portrait of the street... affectionate, absorbing New Statesman