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Dreams of Leaving and Remaining
Fragments of a Nation
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The anatomy of a nation: the search for the soul of post-Brexit Britain
The anatomy of a nation: the soul of post Brexit Britain
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In Dreams of Leaving and Remaining, award-winning journalist James Meek meets farmers and fishermen intent on exiting the EU despite the loss of protections they will incur. He reports on a Cadbury’s factory that is to be shut down and moved to Poland in the name of free market economics, exploring the impact on the local community left behind.
He charts how the NHS is coping with the twin burdens of austerity and an ageing population. Through his journey, he asks what we can recover from the debris of an old nation as we head towards new horizons, and what we must leave behind. There are no easy answers, and what he creates instead is a masterly portrait of an anxious, troubled nation.
Instead, he demands that we reconsider the power of the stories that we tell ourselves about who we are, as a nation alienated from itself.
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Dreams of Leaving and Remaining by James Meek has received acclaim for its insightful reportage, appreciated for Meek's empathetic and perceptive listening. The Financial Times highlights his sensibility, while The Herald praises it as both provocative and persuasive. The Guardian calls it a beautiful collection, affirming Meek's standing as a renowned essayist.
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ISBN: 9781788737753
Publisher: Verso Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 23 February 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Verso Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 199g
Pages: 240
About the Author
James Meek is a Contributing Editor of the London Review of Books. He is the author of six novels, including The People’s Act of Love, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Ondaatje Prize; We Are Now Beginning Our Descent, which won the 2008 Le Prince Maurice Prize; and The Heart Broke In, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Prize. His previous non-fiction work, Private Island, won the 2016 Orwell Prize. In 2004 he was named Foreign Correspondent of the Year by the British Press Awards.
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