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Vanessa Berry’s Mirror Sydney: An Atlas of Reflections
Vanessa Berry’s new book Mirror Sydney: An Atlas of Reflections (Giramondo, 2017) is a travel guidebook of sorts: writing on Sydney that outlines overlooked places far distant to the dazzling tourist promenades that appear in The Lonely Planet and other popular collections. But this highly rewarding collection of essays (with accompanying illustrations) also transcends the panegyrical tone of much city writing, managing to examine the confronting politics of urban space while also thoughtfully re-imagining the contemporary act of memoir-writing. As the title transparently intimates, this is a book that reflects in a philosophical sense as well as ‘through the looking glass’.
History
Publication title
OverlandIssue
16 November 2017ISSN
0030-7416Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
O L Society LimitedPlace of publication
Footscray,, VIcRepository Status
- Restricted