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Description for After Dark
Paperback. Introduces visitors to the nocturnal allure of Madrid, which you cannot find in the guidebooks Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 202 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
In 1762 the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed that we are blind half our lives because of what we miss during the night. Yet we fear the dark, and are led to believe that bad things happen during the small hours, especially in cities. This is when insomniacs, psychopaths and photophobics--those who are afraid of the light--roam the streets; the time when 'normal' people should be tucked up in their beds. The Elizabethan playwright Thomas Middleton wrote that there should be 'no occupation but sleepe, feed, and fart' during night-time hours.Yet there have long been literary walkers, flaneurs, who have wandered ... Read more
In 1762 the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed that we are blind half our lives because of what we miss during the night. Yet we fear the dark, and are led to believe that bad things happen during the small hours, especially in cities. This is when insomniacs, psychopaths and photophobics--those who are afraid of the light--roam the streets; the time when 'normal' people should be tucked up in their beds. The Elizabethan playwright Thomas Middleton wrote that there should be 'no occupation but sleepe, feed, and fart' during night-time hours.Yet there have long been literary walkers, flaneurs, who have wandered ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Signal Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909930438
SKU
V9781909930438
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About Ben Stubbs
Ben Stubbs is an Australian travel writer and academic based in Canberra, Australia. His travel writing appears regularly in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun Herald.
Reviews for After Dark
'Structured in a clever hour-by-hour format, Stubbs discovers 'cross-dressing migrants, people who live at the airport, Muslims celebrating Ramadan, hotel workers hidden in the bowels of the Ritz, all-night taxi drivers, party-goers enjoying their nightly marcha from bar to bar, poodle-blessing priests and locals in the poorer barrios who walk the streets.' Mixing personal observation with literary and historical references, ... Read more