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Eleven Minutes Late
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Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folkloreyet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humor, capacity for suffering, and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has travele…
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- Autorius: Matthew Engel
- Leidėjas: Pan Books (UK)
- Metai: 2010
- Puslapiai: 335
- ISBN-10: 0330512374
- ISBN-13: 9780330512374
- Formatas: 13 x 19.6 x 1.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
- Extra -15 % nuolaida šiai knygai su kodu: ENG15
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Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folkloreyet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humor, capacity for suffering, and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has traveled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff. Along the way Engel finds the most charmingly bizarre train in Britain, the most beautiful branch line, the rudest railway man, andafter a quest lasting decadesan individual pot of strawberry jam. "Eleven Minutes Late" is both a polemic and a paean, and it is also very funny."EXTRA 15 % nuolaida su kodu: ENG15
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- Autorius: Matthew Engel
- Leidėjas: Pan Books (UK)
- Metai: 2010
- Puslapiai: 335
- ISBN-10: 0330512374
- ISBN-13: 9780330512374
- Formatas: 13 x 19.6 x 1.8 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Kalba: Anglų
Britain gave railways to the world, yet its own network is the dearest (definitely) and the worst (probably) in Western Europe. Trains are deeply embedded in the national psyche and folkloreyet it is considered uncool to care about them. For Matthew Engel the railway system is the ultimate expression of Britishness. It represents all the nation's ingenuity, incompetence, nostalgia, corruption, humor, capacity for suffering, and even sexual repression. To uncover its mysteries, Engel has traveled the system from Penzance to Thurso, exploring its history and talking to people from politicians to platform staff. Along the way Engel finds the most charmingly bizarre train in Britain, the most beautiful branch line, the rudest railway man, andafter a quest lasting decadesan individual pot of strawberry jam. "Eleven Minutes Late" is both a polemic and a paean, and it is also very funny."
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