The View from the Train: Cities and Other Landscapes

by Patrick Keiller

Book Overview

"Robinson believed that, if he looked at it hard enough, he could cause the surface of the city to reveal to him the molecular basis of historical events, and in this way he hoped to see into the future."

In his sequence of films, Patrick Keiller retraces the hidden story of the places where we live, the cities and landscapes of our everyday lives. Now, in this brilliant collection of essays, he offers a new perspective on how Britain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781687765
• ISBN13: 9781781687765
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.7"