Marshland is a genre bending, multidisciplinary, outstanding piece of writing about the East London marshes. It acts as a map, a blend of local history, folklore and weird fiction, where nothing is quite as it seems. Walking around the area, cocker spaniel by his side, the author discovers a lost world of Victorian filter plants, ancient grazing lands, dead toy factories and tidal rivers on the edgelands of a rapidly changing city. It soon becomes clear that the very existence of this unique landscape is at threat. For on all sides of the marshland, the developers are closing in...
ISBN: | 9780957169395 |
Publication date: | 28th October 2013 |
Author: | Gareth E Rees |
Illustrator: | Ada Jusic |
Publisher: | Influx Press |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 325 pages |
Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |