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The anatomy of Britain on the edge of Brexit, by Orwell Prize winning journalist
Since Britain’s 2016 referendum on EU membership, the nation has been profoundly split: one side fantasizing that the referendum will never be acted upon, the other entrenched in questionable assumptions about reclaimed sovereignty and independence. Underlying the cleavage are primal myths, deeper histories, and political folk-legends. James Meek, “the George Orwell of our times,” goes in search of the stories and consequences arising out of a nation’s alienation from itself.
Since Britain’s 2016 referendum on EU membership, the nation has been profoundly split: one side fantasizing that the referendum will never be acted upon, the other entrenched in questionable assumptions about reclaimed sovereignty and independence. Underlying the cleavage are primal myths, deeper histories, and political folk-legends. James Meek, “the George Orwell of our times,” goes in search of the stories and consequences arising out of a nation’s alienation from itself.
In Dreams of Leaving and Remaining, Meek meets farmers and fishermen intent on exiting the EU despite the loss of protections they will incur. He reports on a Cadbury’s factory shut down and moved to Poland in the name of free market economics, exploring the impact on the local community left behind. He charts how the NHS is coping with the twin burdens of austerity and an aging population.
Dreams of Leaving and Remaining is urgent reporting from one of Britain’s finest journalists. James Meek asks what we can recover from the debris of an old nation as we head towards new horizons, and what we must leave behind. There are no easy answers, and what he creates instead is a masterly portrait of an anxious, troubled nation.
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Praise for James Meeks's Private Island "Some of it will make you sad, some of it will make you furious, but you are guaranteed to be left feeling that you understand this country much betterc."
--John Lanchester "He crafts beautiful and vivid passages that turn what could be a dry subject into a highly readable study."
--Owen Jones "A book that stands as one of the most powerful critiques of the mess that is Britain's economy."
--Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian "This is the definitive account of how so much has gone and continues to go wrong with Britain's institutions."
--Joan Bakewell "If you have a taste for historical irony and absurdity, you'll love this book."
--Francis Wheen, Mail on Sunday "An energetic and colourfully told polemic."
--Financial Times
Meek listens hard ... His reportage ... demonstrate[s] a sensibility and empathy that are his wont.
--Financial Times
Provocative and persuasive.
--Herald ScotlandA beautiful collection by a renowned essayist. --Stephen Bush, Guardian
Meek is brilliant at focusing on a particular case to tell a bigger story.
--Labour Briefing
[Meek] explores the slow-moving processes behind the sudden shock of the Brexit vote by getting out and about in Britain, to look beyond London at the competing ideals that led to this culture clash cosmopolitanism and urbane liberalism against a more traditional yearning for British sovereignty, its mythology and nostalgia. --Dan Hancox, The National
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--John Lanchester "He crafts beautiful and vivid passages that turn what could be a dry subject into a highly readable study."
--Owen Jones "A book that stands as one of the most powerful critiques of the mess that is Britain's economy."
--Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian "This is the definitive account of how so much has gone and continues to go wrong with Britain's institutions."
--Joan Bakewell "If you have a taste for historical irony and absurdity, you'll love this book."
--Francis Wheen, Mail on Sunday "An energetic and colourfully told polemic."
--Financial Times
Meek listens hard ... His reportage ... demonstrate[s] a sensibility and empathy that are his wont.
--Financial Times
Provocative and persuasive.
--Herald ScotlandA beautiful collection by a renowned essayist. --Stephen Bush, Guardian
Meek is brilliant at focusing on a particular case to tell a bigger story.
--Labour Briefing
[Meek] explores the slow-moving processes behind the sudden shock of the Brexit vote by getting out and about in Britain, to look beyond London at the competing ideals that led to this culture clash cosmopolitanism and urbane liberalism against a more traditional yearning for British sovereignty, its mythology and nostalgia. --Dan Hancox, The National
James Meek is a Contributing Editor of the London Review of Books. He is the author of six novels, including The People’s Act of Love, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Ondaatje Prize; We Are Now Beginning Our Descent, which won the 2008 Le Prince Maurice Prize; and The Heart Broke In, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Prize. His previous non-fiction work, Private Island, won the 2016 Orwell Prize. In 2004 he was named Foreign Correspondent of the Year by the British Press Awards.
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Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. In March 2019, the UK will leave the EU, facing an unpredictable future. Since the referendum in 2016, the nation has been split into two dreams of leaving and remaining. During this period, James Meek, who has been described as 'the George Orwell of our times', went in search of the stories and consequences of this rupture. He discusses the desire to leave with farmers and fishermen, despite the loss of protections and fears of the future that this might bring. He reports as a Cadbury's factory is shut down and moved to Poland, in the name of free market economics, and how it impacts on the local community left behind. He charts how the NHS is coping with the twin burdens of austerity and an aging population.Dreams of Leaving and Remaining is urgent reporting from the frontline of the crisis from one of our finest journalists. James Meek asks what we can recover from the debris of an old nation as we head towards new horizons, and what we must leave behind. He does not find any easy answers that will satisfy Brexiteers or Remainers, but instead paints the masterly portrait of an anxious nation. The anatomy of Britain on the edge of Brexit by Orwell Prize winning journalist Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9781788735230
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