Red Hill e-bog
82,58 DKK
(inkl. moms 103,22 DKK)
The miners' strike of 1984-85 was one of the longest and most acrimonious in Britain's history. Six months after it ended, Tony Parker travelled to the North East of England to speak to people on both sides of the dispute and discover the views and feelings of a colliery community contemplating the bitter end of a whole way of life. '[Red Hill gives a] powerful idea of the trib...
E-bog
82,58 DKK
Forlag
Faber & Faber
Udgivet
15 oktober 2013
Genrer
1DBK
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780571304417
The miners' strike of 1984-85 was one of the longest and most acrimonious in Britain's history. Six months after it ended, Tony Parker travelled to the North East of England to speak to people on both sides of the dispute and discover the views and feelings of a colliery community contemplating the bitter end of a whole way of life. '[Red Hill gives a] powerful idea of the tribulations suffered by everyone affected by the miners' strike.' Today'Here are men and women with all their quirks and oddities, their emotions and prejudices.' TLS'The reader is allowed to enter a secret, remote world which is at times heroic, but more often poignant and lonely.' Listener