Manchester: Something Rich and Strange

Using 60 different words that speak of the city, from bees to sewers, Manchester: something rich and strange offers a new way of thinking about this iconic post-industrial city. Twenty-three writers from diverse backgrounds offer their take on the everyday things that inform how we experience Manchester, recognising that we're all active in the making and unmaking of the city's spaces.

Author: Paul Dobraszczyk
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 11/19/2020
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781526144140
ISBN10: 152614414X
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning
- History | Europe | Great Britain | General
- Social Science | Human Geography

About the Author

Paul Dobraszczyk is a researcher and writer based in Manchester and a Teaching Fellow at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. He is the author of Future Cities: Architecture and the Imagination (2019) and The Dead City: Urban Ruins and the Spectacle of Decay (2017).

Sarah Butler is a novelist and Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Manchester Writing School, Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of Jack & Bet (2020) and Ten Things I've Learnt About Love: A Novel (2014) and explores the relationship between writing and place through her consultancy UrbanWords.