
Exit - Object Lessons (Paperback)
Laura Waddell (author)Published: 03/09/2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN: 9781501358159
Number of pages: 176
Weight: 164 g
Dimensions: 165 x 121 mm
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Writer, publisher and award-winning Scotsman columnist Laura Waddell straddles the tangible and the theoretical in her thoughtful contribution on exits. * The Scotsman *
From its timely nature and broad range of subjects, to the style in which it was written, I would highly recommend Exit, particularly to anyone looking to enjoy their first taste of the Object Lessons series. * The National *
Roaming from Glasgow to Kowloon Walled City, Laura Waddell's Exit is deft, compelling and deep; revealing the extent to which the political is always personal. There are no simple escapes in these studies of exclusion, entrapment and exile yet Waddell proves in the persuasive empathy and acuity of her writing that it is possible to throw open our windows to light and sound from outside, elsewhere, one another. * Darran Anderson, author of Imaginary Cities and Inventory *
Though physically small, its scope is at once sweeping and intimate, darting ably from urban spaces to individual case studies ... a consistent pleasure ... dazzling. * Review 31 *
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