Nadine Aisha Jassat, Anne Hamilton, Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin, Sara Sheridan

The People's City (eBook, ePUB)

One City Trust

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Edinburgh is steeped in literary history. It is the birthplace of a beloved cast of fictional characters from Sherlock Holmes to Harry Potter. A city whose beauty is matched only by the intrigue of its past, and where Robert Louis Stevenson said, 'there are no stars so lovely as Edinburgh's street-lamps'. And to celebrate the city, its literature, and more importantly, its people, Polygon and the OneCity Trust have brought together writers - established and emerging - to write about the place they call home.

Based in well-known areas in Edinburgh, Anne Hamilton, Nadine Aisha Jassat, Alexander McCall Smith, Ian Rankin and Sara Sheridan transport the reader to different decades in the city's recent past. In the Royal Botanic Gardens a family comes together to learn about its unconventional beginnings. In Leith, we learn about a young writers first encounter with the city that she eventually calls home. In Sandy Bell's late love blooms after a first encounter as students in the city. Brothers come together after many years apart and walk the streets and talk of their past; and in Portobello a young couple are finding their way in twentieth century life.

All proceeds from the book will go to the OneCity Trust, which campaigns for social justice.

'Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the production of the Second One City Trust Book. Let's all take action, to try to eradicate poverty in our city. In buying this book you are making a real difference in Edinburgh, by listening to and sharing the message that Edinburgh should no longer be a divided city but one city with one voice' - Lesley Hinds: One City Trust Board member

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Polygon
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781788854856
• Artikelnr.: 63206966

Autorenporträt

Nadine Aisha Jassat is the author of poetry collection Let Me Tell You This (404 Ink) and was named in Jackie Kay's International Literature Showcase Selection of 10 Compelling ethnic minority writers working in the UK. Anne Hamilton is the author of the travel memoir, A Blonde Bengali Wife. She lives in Edinburgh with her young son. Alexander McCall Smith is the author of the highly successful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, which has sold over twenty-five million copies. Since then he has seen his various series of books translated into over forty-six languages and become bestsellers throughout the world. Ian Rankin is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. Sara Sheridan is the author of the Mirabelle Bevan Murder Mysteries and Where are the Women.