London：The Biography

图书标准信息

• 作者 Peter Ackroyd 著
• 出版社 Vintage
• 出版时间 2001-08
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780099422587
• 定价 178.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 848页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

MuchofPeterAckroyd'sworkhasbeenconcernedwiththelifeandpastofLondonbuthere,asaculmination,ishisdefinitiveaccountofthecity.Forhimitisalivingorganism,withitsownlawsofgrowthandchange,soLondonisabiographyratherthanahistory.Itdiffersfromotherhistories,too,intherangeanddiversityofitscontents.AckroydportraysLondonfromthetimeoftheDruidstothebeginningofthetwenty-firstcentury,notingmagnificenceinbothepochs,butthisisnotasimplechronologicalrecord.Therearechaptersonthehistoryofsilenceandthehistoryoflight,thehistoryofchildhoodandthehistoryofsuicide,thehistoryofCockneyspeechandthehistoryofdrink.Londonisperhapsthemostimportantstudyofthecityeverwritten,andconfirmsAckroyd'sstatusaswhatonecritichascalled'ourage'sgreatestLondonimagination.'

【作者简介】

PeterAckroydisabest-sellingwriterofbothfictionandnonfiction.HehaswontheWhitbreadBiographyAward,theRoyalSocietyofLiterature'sWilliamHeinemannAward(joint),theJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize,andtheGuardianfictionprize.HelivesinnorthLondon.(20010730)